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By Ian Harrison In the six years of the Bougainville war, the Australian government has directly invested over $200 million into the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). According to Department of Defence information, around 100
By Frank Noakes Ralph Nader, the world's best-known consumer rights advocate, visited Australia as the guest of the Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations earlier this month. The talented lawyer, who successfully pushed for the
ALICE SPRINGS — Aboriginal women, friends and supporters will gather on October 27 to celebrate the survival of Aboriginal women's law and culture. The celebrations will be hosted by the Alukura Council, which has designed, planned and developed
SA teachers fight cuts By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers has promised to continue industrial action over the state government's $22 million education cuts. Teachers in South
Judgmental judges Only last week in Wollongong, a judge, convicting a man of assault against his spouse, used the opportunity to pass judgment on the female victim of the violence instead. In this particular case, three years earlier the
KATH GELBER discusses the issues raised in a controversial new book, Women as Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the battle over Women's Freedom, by Janice G. Raymond. The book is published by Spinifex Press, at a recommended retail price of
By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — About 60 people attended the launching here on October 14 of Macedonia: Its Disputed History, by Neil Simpson. The book provides a brief overview of Macedonia's complex history, giving a background to
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 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
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