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UN demands delay Khmer Rouge trials

By Allen Myers PHNOM PENH — The Cambodian government is now awaiting the arrival of a team of United Nations legal experts to continue discussions on UN participation in a trial of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge (KR). This follows a "positive"

National forum series

Marxism: outdated theory or guide to revolution? Growing inequality and hunger worldwide, sexism, racism and environmental destruction explode the lie that the 21st century heralds a new capitalist era of peace and prosperity. Worsening living

Opposition grows to CPSU centralisation

Opposition grows to CPSU centralisation By Stuart Martin CANBERRA — Opposition is growing inside the Community and Public Sector Union to attempts by the union's leaders to centralise control over membership services, publications and finances

Pressure mounts to abolish mandatory sentencing

Pressure mounts to abolish mandatory sentencing By Jo Ellis DARWIN — The death in custody of a 15-year-old Aboriginal youth on February 10 has increased calls for the abolition of mandatory sentencing laws in the Northern Territory and Western

Clyde Cameron: Not your average ex-MP

Not your average ex-MP A Life on the Left: A Biography of Clyde CameronBy Bill GuyWakefield Press, 1999. 405pp. Review by Anthony Benbow Sickened by stories about former Labor PM Paul Keating's business empire, or by listening to federal Labor's

Yallourn dispute not over yet

By Chris Slee YALLOURN — Unions are maintaining a protest camp outside the Yallourn power station in Victoria's La Trobe Valley, despite the February 9 ending of the month-long lockout of maintenance workers. The issues in dispute have not been

Teachers warn of strike action

Teachers warn of strike action By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland teachers are considering industrial action, including strikes and work bans, over a stalled agreement on wages and conditions. The state Labor government has refused to

Students meet with Indonesian activists

By Kerryn Williams Ten members of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) returned on February 14 from an action-packed, two-week student exposure tour of Indonesia. During the tour, the students met with activist and human

Gender roles — only two?

By Mary Merkenich Are there really only two genders — female and male? Fred Nile and other fanatical conservative groupings would certainly like us to believe so. This is not merely an academic question, but an important social concern. Many

Write on: letters to the editor

Unemployed Many of Australia's 3 million unemployed and underemployed will take a cynical view of the Prime Minister's handling of the National Textiles situation. Forcing company administrators and creditors to accept a "deed of arrangement" in

All becomes clear

Review by Mark Stoyich A Streetcar Named DesireEnsemble Theatre CompanyThe Playhouse, Sydney Opera HouseUntil March 4 Once again, Tennessee Williams' clanking streetcar goes up and down the French quarter through one old street after another.

Campaigning against a 'men's officer'

By Kerry Baker HOBART — Last September, the University of Tasmania student union held a referendum on whether or not to create a "men's officer" position on the Student Representative Council (SRC). Because of the way the proposal was phrased,