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Pamyat: Russia's Blackshirts The Cutting Edge SBS television Tuesday, December 8, 8.30pm Reviewed by Peter Anderson They wear black uniforms and are described as fascists and extremists. They are Russia's Blackshirts, members of an
Death in Dili By Andrew McMillan Hodder & Stoughton 235pp $14.95 Reviewed by Nick Everett Death in Dili is a remarkable account of 17 years of struggle by the East Timorese for national self-determination. It pieces together events from
By Sally Low If you are one of the thousands of green left or left green activists in this country who agree on the need to rebuild and restore a credible vision of socialism — one that will be green, democratic, feminist and internationalist
By Herb Thompson Mr Peter Wade, NBH-Peko Managing Director, and chief negotiator for Australian Pulp and Paper Mills (APPM) Ltd. in Burnie, Tasmania, accepted a $95,000 pay rise in 1992 to take his annual pay to $585,000, a small pittance
Rally for gay and lesbian rights By Tom Flanagan SYDNEY — Four thousand chanting, whistle-blowing lesbians and gay men attended an enthusiastic anti-discrimination rally at Sydney's Town Hall Square on November 28. The "All I Want For
Chilean activist urges renewed solidarity By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Liliana Castillo, president of the Relatives of Political Prisoners in Chile, hailed the Australian people as the "first to boycott the Pinochet regime" nearly 20 years ago,
According to Britain's Daily Mail, commenting on Chancellor Norman Lamont's August statement, "Mrs Thatcher's rule was not without fault ... but its simple truths remain". Solidarity forever "Mr Carr said the [November 30] national strike
By Norm Dixon The United Nations General Assembly delivered a sharp rebuff to Washington when it voted for a Cuban-sponsored resolution calling for the repeal of the Torricelli Bill. The bill, known as the Cuban Democracy Act, tightens further
By Michael O'Reilly MELBOURNE — When Victorian education minister Don Hayward, a former executive with General Motors, outlined his horrendous program of education cuts on November 20, the reaction from teachers, parents and students was one