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Graham Greene: The Man Within By Michael Shelden Heinemann, 1994. 537 pp., $45 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The left has got Graham Greene entirely wrong. According to Shelden's biography, Greene was no friend of
Jim McIlroy continues a debate Roger Clarke (GLW #162) correctly describes isolation from the working class as the key problem facing the socialist movement today. In his article entitled "Isolation from the workers: the real prison for
Twenty-seven years ago this month, Ernesto "Che" Guevara died, murdered by rangers in the village of Higuera, Bolivia. Jorge Jorquera argues that more than any other symbol of the 1960s, El Che should be remembered. To the Argentineans,
By Angela Matheson As a clothing machinist in Manila unable to feed and house her small son, Susie accepted a job offer of sex work in Sydney. "I am here", she says, "to work hard, and in six months I will go home and buy a house and have
By Chow Wei-Cheng LONDON — As support for the Tory government continues to dwindle, Tony Blair, the new, young leader of the British Labour Party, made his debut at the Labour Party's annual conference in Blackpool. Blair and
Undertow Tool Reviewed by Neville Spencer "In the late summer of 1948, Ronald P. Vincent decided that survival had become intolerable, that absolute anguish had become less fearful than suppression. Six months earlier, his wife
Chris Hani tour in Perth By Stephen Robson PERTH — The final leg of the Chris Hani Memorial tour included a number of successful functions. A memorial dinner attended by 190 people on October 5 heard both John Gomomo,
Ti-tree forests 'vandalised' The world's worst destruction of a single old growth species, Melaleuca alternafoli, Australia's unique ti-tree, is almost complete according to a two-month survey by the North Coast Chemical Coalition.
Work ethic "In the late '80s people were often staying right through dinner, and it's almost getting back to that stage now. We generally get banking and finance people and the bond and derivatives dealers." — The owner of the Imperial Peking
Dope conviction in Darwin By Rob Wesley-Smith DARWIN — In a court here on October 17 Magistrate McGregor imposed a 12-month good behaviour bond on a man convicted of possessing about a kilo of dope. The "offence"
Dickens By Peter Ackroyd Mandarin, 1994. 608 pp., $16.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Dickens was one heck of a writer. Only the rich and unfeeling do not cry with pity for the hard lot of his heroes, laugh at the pomposity
By Chow Wei-Cheng Germany has been plunged into political instability by the outcome of the general elections held on October 16. The 60 million voters gave Kohl's party its worst election result (41.5%) since 1949. The