World

Cubans face their 'most difficult year'

By Peter Gellert HAVANA — Cuban women bear the lion's share of the burden of the island's economic crisis, because they are responsible for keeping the household going and making do amid widespread scarcities. "We are facing a triple

Indonesian marines attack students and farmers

By Max Lane Students from major campuses around Java and farmers from the Blangguan area of East Java were arrested on Saturday, January 23 during protest action against the local marine base. A marine battalion which wants the area is

Bougainville rejects 'blatant lie' on civilian deaths

By Norm Dixon A claim by Papua New Guinea's minister responsible for Bougainville, Michael Ogio, that the Bougainville Revolutionary Army has killed 17 civilians involved in restoring services to southern Bougainville is a "deliberate and

Far right stymied in Nicaragua

By Neville Spencer The defeat of the Sandinista government by the US-backed UNO coalition in the 1990 elections has left Nicaragua in a very unusual situation. The former government continues to play a large role in political life, and

A green left emerges in Wales

CYNOG DAFIS was elected to the British parliament in April 1992. A member of the radical nationalist Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales), the former school teacher ran in alliance with the Green Party. Dafis spoke recently with Green Left Weekly's FRANK

Report cites lack of human rights in Indonesia

By Vannessa Hearman The human rights situation in Indonesia in 1992 did not improve, according to the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH). The foundation, one of Indonesia's foremost non-governmental organisations, held a press conference

Impasse over deportation of Palestinians

By Miriam Tramer The Palestinians stranded in southern Lebanon after illegal deportation by Israel are suffering from cold, and their health is deteriorating sharply. The Israeli government has yielded to international criticism only to the

Invasion of Somalia a boon for big oil

By Norm Dixon Four giant US oil companies stand to make a killing in Somalia if US troops can pacify the strategic African nation, the Los Angeles Times has revealed. The report further undermines US claims that the invasion was a

Israel blocks peace in the territories

BASMA ABOU-SHARAR, a media worker for the Intifada Committee in Amman, Jordan, was in Australia late last year to bring information on events in the Israeli-occupied territories on the West Bank and in Gaza. MIRIAM TRAMER of Green Left Weekly met

UNITA plunges Angola into renewed civil war

By Norm Dixon Thousands of Angolans have been killed since National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) contras launched a military offensive following their decisive defeat by the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of

Supporting the poor against the rich

By Stephen Marks MANAGUA — The new situation in Nicaragua is producing alliances unimaginable a few years ago. As the government of Violeta Chamorro sides increasingly with the rich against the poor, former members of the Nicaraguan

Labour flounders despite Tory crisis

By Frank Noakes LONDON — As Prime Minister John Major celebrates two years in number 10 Downing Street, his government is beset by recurring crises. Not the least of these is an economy plunging towards depression, with the government doing