By Tyrion Perkins
[From June 28 to July 21, 13 people from Australia visited Nicaragua on a work-study brigade. This is the second article based on the brigade's experiences.] While the FSLN prepares for the elections in 1996, the political
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By Jorge Jorquera
Days after the bombing of the presidential house, La Moneda, on September 11, 1973, we still waited for parents and family to return. Tens of thousands of workers had remained in their factories to defend the Salvador Allende
SYDNEY — Long-term communist activist Denis Freney died from cancer on September 2 at the age of 58. An important figure on the left, Freney joined the Labor Party at 16, the Communist Party at 18, and then the Trotskyist movement, which led him to
SYDNEY — PACT Youth Theatre is presenting a play centring on the lives of inner city youth, The Train Almost Stops at Erskineville. It will run for three nights from September 29 to October 1 at Sydney Street Theatre Space. Entry is free but
The Bell Curve Wars: Race, Intelligence and the Future of AmericaSteven Fraser (ed)BasicBooks, 1995. 216 pp., $16 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon In the last few months, you may have seen an imposing book glowering down at you from the new releases
By Tamara Desiatov
PERTH — Up to 200 TAFE teachers, students and supporters rallied here on September 6 after three days of statewide strike action called by TAFE members of the State School Teachers Union (SSTUWA). The action was supported
Men against men's violence Last week was White Ribbon Week, a worldwide campaign organised in Australia by MASA (Men Against Sexual Assault), a national network of men working to end men's violence. White Ribbon Week began in Canada in 1991 when a
By Jennifer Thompson
Farouk Qaddoumi, head of the PLO's political department, called on the Palestinian leadership to halt talks with Israel at a press conference in Amman on August 14. He presented an alternative program for peace, analysing
By Jennifer Thompson
Fifty Iranian political refugees threatened with deportation to Iran began a sit-in in the Ankara offices of the recently formed United Socialist Party of Turkey (BSP) on August 4. Since then, their number has swelled to
By Rurik Davidson
PERTH — The Murdoch University administration is attempting to force the student guild to retract the latest issue of its newspaper Metior. It is threatening to cancel the leases for all the amenities run by the guild, in
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — In a dispute with the state Liberal government which goes far beyond wages and work conditions, teachers are now in the ninth month of a campaign to improve public education. The State School Teachers Union of WA
By Sujatha Fernandes
After 17 years of rule by the right-wing United National Party (UNP) government in Sri Lanka, the People's alliance (PA) was elected to government in August 1994 on a wave of popular support. One of its main promises was to
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