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"Frankly, we are thinking of business. My position is that in a world in which people venerate hundreds of Madonnas, one more won't hurt." — The agnostic mayor of Civitavecchia in Italy, explaining his promotion of a Madonna statue which
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Global Village
Judy Small
Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald
This latest album from Judy Small is disappointing.
A collection of 12 songs, most written by Small with music by Small in
For longer than the pyramids
By Linda Marks
MELBOURNE — April 26 is the ninth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. With each passing year, the devastation caused by the explosion continues as the children exposed to the radiation, and
By Toby Borgeest
JOHANNESBURG — The most serious source of tension in South Africa's national assembly is the Inkatha Freedom Party's (IFP) frequent threats to withdraw from parliamentary and constitution-drafting work — and the occasional
By Eva Cheng
Increased repression of dissident and ethnic minority movements in China has failed to silence opposition voices. A section of the Xinjiang independence movement chose bombing to make its point, while protests rocked the city of
Massacre general heads Thai army
By Chris Beale
General Chainarong Noonpakdi has finally made it. Earlier this month, he was promoted to army chief of staff — the crucial post from which Thailand's 17 coups since 1932 have been launched.
By Lisa Macdonald
PERTH — About 120 people from a variety of progressive movements and organisations attended the conference here over the Easter weekend.
The agenda, which comprised more than 30 panel, feature and workshop sessions,
Nomad
Nomad (Adam Plack) with Robert Mirabal and Mor Thiam
Australian Music International
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
The term "world music" came into being in 1987, when a number of small labels specialising in African, Latin American and
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Some 160 people gathered at Brisbane's Resistance Centre over the Easter weekend. The conference was the largest, most thought-provoking and inspiring gathering of socialists to be held here for many years.
By Deepa Fernandes
After the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, about 1.5 million Vietnamese left the country. A US-led Western world, still haunted by threats to their material status from the appeal of communism, hailed these refugees as
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