BY FIDEL CASTRO
The following is an abridged version of a statement issued on May
10 by Cuban President Fidel Castro in response to allegations by the US
government that Cuba is developing biological weapons (BW).
John Bolton, an
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BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — Eighty-five people participated in a trade union seminar sponsored by the Socialist Alliance on May 11. The seminar's highlight was the presentations by union officials and political party representatives on unions
BY NICK SOUDAKOFF
The Solidarity of Philippines Workers (BMP) labour organisation was formed in 1993 emerged from the Communist Party of the Philippines-aligned May First Movement (KMU). Today, the BMP is the largest militant labour organisation in
Melbourne's progressive community radio station 3CR is deeply committed to fighting injustice. It broadcasts the voices of groups and individuals who rarely have a voice in mainstream media. Most recently, 3CR has given extensive air-time to struggle
BY JON LAND
During his May visit to the Pentagon, Indonesian defence minister
Matori Abdul Djalil received signals that the United States is keen to
renew military ties with the Indonesian armed forces.
Despite reluctance by Congress to
BY SHANE BENTLEY
The seafarers' sit-in aboard the CSL Yarra has ended in an Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) brokered deal that was signed by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) on May 16.
The deal allows the CSL Yarra to resume cement
BY URI AVNERY
RAMALLAH — "They want us to enact a constitution? No problem! I shall ask Israel to send me a copy of theirs and copy it word for word!" Yasser Arafat sent me an amused look. Israel, of course, has no constitution.
That was on the
Heads low, grass-cropping idleunder the olive treesundressed of reins, saddle, bridleinoffensive as sheep, yet these
were the flesh-tearing hoovesunder which we fell; the fused halvesof the mounted-monster man-horse, ancientoppressor raised tall
Students for Refugees launched
HOBART — On May 8, students at the Hobart campus of the University of Tasmania launched a Students for Refugees group. Shua Garfield told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly: "The formation of this group shows that you don't need
John QDirected by Nick CassavetesWith Denzel Washington, Anne Heche, Robert Duvall and James WoodsAt major cinemas
REVIEW BY MARTHA GRUELLE
John Q is a drama about a man's love for his child and his desperate attempt to save the boy. But the
BY ALISON DELLIT
In the mid 1960s, protesters in Australia broke the law just by holding
street protests against the Vietnam War. Through persistently defying anti-protest
laws, they won the legal right to hold street marches.
This is an
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In response to the Easter protests outside the Woomera and Villawood detention centres, immigration minister Philip Ruddock declared that there were no refugees in Australia's detention centres, only "rejectees". They are not
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