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World Federation of Democratic Youth

World Federation of Democratic Youth The defiant declaration of the French government, headed by Jacques Chirac, to renew underground nuclear tests in the Moruroa Atoll is an open challenge to peace and public opinion for nuclear disarmament.

Socialists run in Brisbane

Socialists run in Brisbane By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist campaign confirmed on June 22 it would run 22-year-old environmental and social justice activist Zanny Begg for the seat of Brisbane Central in the July 15

The Cuban Revolution's next generation

The Cuban Revolution's next generation Between May 23 and June 2, 27-year-old ALEJANDRO HERRERA AGETE visited Sydney as part of a speaking tour. Agete, formerly a computer engineer and currently a full-time member of the Havana City Province

Canberra refuses visas to Bougainville reps

Canberra refuses visas to Bougainville reps Representatives from the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army have been refused visas to enter Australia to attend a conference at the Australian National

Tales from the Vietnam Moratorium in Victoria

By Gerry Harant Nowadays, when people borrow one of my PA systems for yet another demonstration, I sometimes point out that some of its component bits first saw service in the second Moratorium. I was neither an organiser nor yet one of the

Twenty years later: still fighting for abortion rights

[A panel on the issue of women, race and class was held at the Marxist Educational Conference in Sydney over Easter. KAMALA EMANUEL, an activist in the Newcastle Decriminalise Abortion Campaign and a Democratic Socialist Party member, spoke on the

Once again on Marxism

By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — The rumour that Marxism is dead is highly exaggerated. Interest in Marxism, in fact, is getting keener all the time, as a succession of recent international conferences and seminars has shown. In September 1994

On the box

On the box Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. In a Time of Violence — The second part

Looking out: Persuasion

Persuasion By Brandon Astor Jones "Letters have always been serious business ... they can bring a smile, they can bring a tear ... they can do much. Letters are an act of faith." — Robert Epstein. I was pleasantly surprised a while

Holding barbarism at bay

Holding barbarism at bay MGM Sarajevo Sarajevo Group of Authors (SaGA) Sydney Film Festival Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson MGM Sarajevo, made in that city during the war and ongoing siege, shows in stark reality one of the bleakest

Homage to the labourer

Workers: An archaeology of the industrial age An exhibition of photographs by Sebastiao Salgado The Art Gallery of NSW until July 23 Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald This powerful exhibition of 250 black and white photographs by Latin American

Queensland — state of poverty

By Mick White BRISBANE — Queensland is the most poverty-stricken state in Australia, according to a Queensland Council of Social Services (QCOSS) report released earlier this month. Drawing the Line on Poverty shows one in four children