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Peru: general arrested for exposing death squad

On November 26, agents of Peru's intelligence service violently seized General Rodolfo Robles Espinoza in Lima, beating him and spraying him in the face with tear gas before forcing him into a vehicle with darkened windows. Robles was then taken to

Environmentalism: it's too late for utopias

Environmentalism: it's too late for utopias Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and PoorBy Tom AthanasiouLittle Brown (USA), 1996. 385 pp., US$24.95 (hb)Available only by mail order: phone Resistance Bookshop on (02) 9690 1977Reviewed by Lisa

Action in streets is key, say Racism No! candidates

By Jorge Andres PERTH — Racism No! candidate Clarrie Isaacs says he has no wish to "join the enemy" in parliament but simply wants to get closer to be able to "kick their arse". His running mate in the WA state election, Arun Pradhan, thinks the

PNG troops assassinated Miriung

By Norm Dixon Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers and the pro-PNG "resistance" militias were implicated in the murder of Theodore Miriung, premier of the Port Moresby-appointed Bougainville Transitional Government, a coronial inquiry has found.

Action updates

Weipa CD launched SYDNEY — Around 150 trade unionists, leftists and folk artists attended the launch of Union is strength, CD dedicated to the Weipa strikers, on December 1. Most of the artists on the compilation CD performed to help launch the

Larrakia claim Darwin harbour

By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — Responding to a native title claim lodged by Larrakia people on crown land around Darwin and the satellite city of Palmerston, warning shots have been fired by the Northern Territory establishment. The NT News labelled

'The bells will toll for all humanity'

'The bells will toll for all humanity' Reprinted here is the text of the speech given on November 16 by Cuban President Fidel Castro, at the World Food Summit, held in Rome at the headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agricultural

Doubts about NT spaceport plan

By Ronnie McInnes DARWIN — Space Transportation Systems Ltd (STS), a Queensland-based company, is proposing to construct a commercial satellite launch facility at Gunn Point, 40 km north-east of here. The facility would be a wholly commercial

How can the left influence NUS?

By Wendy Robertson and Sarah Stephen This is the third article in a discussion between Resistance and Left Alliance about the approach the left should take to structural reform of the National Union of Students. It is a response to Left Alliance's

Challenge to Mali's males

WorotanOumou SangaréWorld Circuit through FestivalReviewed by Norm Dixon The West African country of Mali has become something of a music hot spot in recent years. Artists such as Ali Farka Touré, Salif Keita and Mory Kanté have

Christabel Chamarette supports Racism No!

Christabel Chamarette supports Racism No! "Voting for Racism No! is more than symbolic", former WA Greens Senator Christabel Chamarette said in a statement on December 4. "It is a really tangible way to show politicians and governments that many

Call for solidarity

Call for solidarity Roisin McAliskey, daughter of long-time Irish civil rights activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, was arrested in her home town of Coalisland in the north of Ireland in mid-November. After being held in Castlereagh Barracks in