Brian Rooney
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — Former State Secretary of the Socialist Party of Australia, Brian Rooney, died of cancer in Adelaide on August 13. He was 58.
Brian was a long term political activist, joining the Communist
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By Allen Jennings
MANAGUA — "They've taken Doris Tijerino", was the first news in a frightening chain of events which brought Nicaragua, once again, to the verge of civil war.
Although Nicaragua's political polarisation is renowned, the
Resistance wins Tas Uni women's officer
By Natasha Simons
HOBART — Resistance activist Jennifer Crothers was elected to the position of Women's Officer in the Tasmania University Student Union elections held August 25-27.
Japanese left defends 'peace constitution'
By Catherine Brown
TOKYO — In June 1992 various independent left groups formed a broad alliance against the passage of the PKO (United Nations Peacekeeping Operation) Bill. After much heated
Kelly leaves way open to Starcke sale
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Federal environment minister Ros Kelly stated, on August 24, that the sale to developers of Starcke, a wilderness area of cultural significance to the Yimidhiuu and
By Norrian Rundle
MELBOURNE — The Victorian Directorate of School Education's new staffing formula, recently sent to all primary and secondary schools in the state, has provoked industrial action by teachers. The new formula will cut staff
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — At the end of 1990, when it was announced that trade in Moscow would be privatised, the city authorities promised that within a few months store shelves would be laden with goods. Queues would disappear, and
Rigoberta Menchú to visit Australia
By Alberto Garcia
SYDNEY — Rigoberta Menchú, the Guatemalan human rights leader and the first indigenous woman in the world to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, is to visit Australia. This
Successful 1993 Queer Collaborations conference
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — Sydney University was the scene of a very successful Queer Collaborations conference from August 13-15. Three hundred and forty students registered for the
By Max Lane
In Canberra in a one and a half billion dollar building sit 196 men and 27 women who are supposed to be representatives of the Australian people. Each one of these "representatives" sits in a suite of rooms, comprising a large
By Dave Riley
There is perhaps nothing so intimate as the food we put in our mouths. In our society each morsel is personalised by an involved process of selection and preparation reproduced in myriad acts performed by millions of diners each
By Zanny Begg
"I just love being on stage", Lucky Dube told Green left Weekly as he prepared for his third tour of Australia. "I love what I do for the people and because of the people." Anyone who has been to a Lucky Dube concert before will
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