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ADELAIDE — Around 200 women rallied on Sunday, November 14, to demand the repeal of all abortion laws. Barbara Baird, Lyndall Ryan and Margie Ripper spoke about the past, and present restricted access to abortion, and Melanie Sjoberg from the

Russia plunges toward the Third World

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — During August, industrial output in Russia declined at an annual rate of 34%, the sharpest drop since the grim days of the Nazi blitzkrieg. In September the situation grew still worse: according to seasonally

ANC Women's League activists visit Australia

NTOMBENTSHA NCIZA, a member of the ANC Women's League and a leader of the National Education Coordinating Committee, and DIKELEDI MAGADAZI, secretary general of the Northern Transvaal ANCWL, recently visited Adelaide as part of a work experience

Protest hits waste incinerator

Protest hits waste incinerator By Bill Mason BRISBANE — With placards declaring "School kids demand clean air", some 40 protesters met outside state parliament on November 16 to oppose the continued use of Ace Waste incinerators at

Land reform in South Africa

Land redistribution will be a crucial question for the incoming majority government in South Africa after the April 27 elections. The secretary general of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa, gave the opening address to the Conference on

Write on

Timber workers This weekend (26-29 November) environmentalists from all over the country will be congregating in East Gippsland as part of the ongoing campaign to stop woodchipping. In the past woodchipping campaigns have been fought as a battle

Shock troops of the New World Order

By David Isenberg During the 1980s, "Special Operations", along with "Low Intensity Conflict" (LIC), became Washington's favourite buzz words. US policy makers view special forces as the solution to a world where threats to US interests are

Appeal for delegates to African conference

Appeal for delegates to African conference The Melbourne-based Union for Democracy and Development in Kenya (UDD Kenya) is calling for donations to help fund two delegates from their organisation in Australia to attend a pan-African conference

Looking out: Global citizenship

Global citizenship I would like to introduce Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly readers to a publication that I think will be well worth your time if you have a sincere concern for the intellectual and social growth of young people. Skipping stones is "a

Subversive melodrama

Desperate Remedies Directed and written by Stewart Main and Peter Wells At Melbourne's Kino Cinema from November 26, Sydney's Mandolin and Perth's Paradiso from December 2 Reviewed by Peter Boyle If you liked Orlando, you should like

NAFTA — a new kind of protectionism

By Frank Noakes "A trade deal simply limits the extent to which the US or other signatory governments may respond to pressure from their citizens", says Michael Walker, executive director of the right-wing Canadian Fraser Institute, affirming

Disappearing frogs worry scientists

By Anthony Brown In the mountainous rainforests of Australia, something terrible is happening. Scientists first noticed the phenomenon in 1979. Since then, it has stuck ruthlessly. Its victims simply vanish, either totally or from certain