Andres Perez is an ex-member of the CCS (Central Campesina Salvadorena), a peasant organisation affiliated to the CGT (Confederacion General de Trabajadores — General Workers Confederation). He fled El Salvador after the general secretary of the
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Congress on politics of cancer
SYDNEY — A major international congress examining alternative treatments for cancer will open here on Friday, April 15.
According to the organisers, Independent Medical Research, the World Congress on Cancer
Bougainville fighting continues
By Frank Enright
The Bougainville Interim Government has moved to clear up any misunderstanding over comments by its United Nations representative, Mike Forster. Forster, in an interview with NBC radio, was
Coxsedge calls for Cuba solidarity
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Cuba has done so much for the world community, now is the time for the progressive movement to speak out in support of Cuba, Joan Coxsedge told a public forum here on March 27.
International Playhouse — Against the Wind — By Shirley Gee. The story of Hannah Snell, an 18th century hero, who, dressed as a man, joined the marines in a vain attempt to trace her missing husband. After gallantly serving in action for seven
SYDNEY — Four hundred Australian Labor Party left-wingers protested outside a meeting of the party's administrative committee meeting here on April 8; they were demanding the reinstatement of rank and file preselection ballots for two safe Sydney
By Frank Enright
With nearly 50% of the population coming from homes where a language other than English is spoken, rugby league club Canterbury-Bankstown has decided to reorient its promotion of the game.
Easter Monday was the third
His master's voice
"There is a valid reason when business says to you that a stock exchange will get a jump on you ... That is a reason I wouldn't ignore." — NSW Premier John Fahey, explaining his abrupt reversal of the view that there was "no
Mines dumping toxic waste, CJC told
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland's biggest company, MIM, was guilty of contaminating thousands of hectares of the northern region, a state government environment officer told the Criminal Justice
Court seeks return of death penalty
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — The Western Australian Liberal government of Richard Court is pushing a "law and order" campaign that prominently includes a call for the return of the death penalty.
By Francisco T. Sobrino
BUENOS AIRES — Paraguay, as a result of long periods of political turbulence and war, has remained socially and economically backward. Only 1% of the population of 5 million owns 80% of the land. Nearly 10 million
An All Consuming Passion: Origins, Modernity, and the Australian Life of Georgiana Molloy
By William J. Lines
Allen and Unwin. 332 pp.
Reviewed by Geraldine McKenzie
Georgiana Molloy discovered no rivers, opened up no large tracts of land,
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