By Leigh Dix
and Peter Devereux
MANAGUA — Ranked among the 25 poorest nations on earth, the small Caribbean country of Haiti elected, in late 1990, a leftist priest as president. Jean Bertrand Aristide received the presidential sash from
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A conference for activists
By Tom Sylva
Young people from around the country will be attending the Resistance conference in Melbourne July 3-5. The chance to discuss problems such as the environment, sexism and racism with international
Union lefts
Your editorial on June 2 1993 entirely misses the point when you concentrate on the fact that the NSW trade union right are not serious about moves by the NSW right wing in lodging a claim: for an $8 wage rise.
What is more
Qld farmers confront the banks
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Central Queensland farmers George and Stephanie Muirhead were released from jail on June 17 after receiving a six-month suspended sentence for contempt of court, after a battle
Another reason to ditch the G-G
The Institute of Criminology is bitterly regretting its invitation to the governor-general, Bill Hayden, to open its national conference on violence last week. In a few ignorant words, Hayden managed to skew
Boys' own message
School Ties
Directed by Robert Mandel
Story by Dick Wolf
Featuring Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell and Amy Locane
Reviewed by Gabrielle Carey
In the tradition of Dead Poets Society, School Ties is another
By Deb Sorensen
Kakadu National Park — We had been having trouble with the pump. After a couple of days of not working properly, the first public toilet block you get to when you enter Kakadu via the Northern Entry Station was open for
By Will Firth
ZAGREB — A lot of problems in Croatia today are caused directly by war. But they are aggravated by the aggressive nationalist policies of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) government under Franjo Tudjman.
The war in
Life by accident
Waterdance
Directed by Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg
Written by Neal Jimenez
Starring Eric Stolz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Elisabeth Pena
Begins at KINO, Melbourne, mid-late July
Reviewed
Strike against labour minister
A strike wave continues in Indonesia with strikes occurring in individual factories almost every day.
The latest to get into the mainstream media is a by more than 400 women workers from Sarinah Jaya
By Max Lane
As the cold war continues in Jakarta between President Suharto and the army, the political manoeuvring of the main new player, de facto prime minister Habibie, has provided opportunities for another important opposition group to
On June 5 more than 3000 young people around Australia made a stand for environmental justice in rallies and festivals organised by the Environmental Youth Alliance.
The message of World Environment Day was clear: our environment is still
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