By Norm Dixon
SYDNEY — Popo Molefe, a member of the National Working Committee of the African National Congress National Executive Committee and head of the ANC's Election Commission, addressed a meeting of ANC supporters on August 5. He
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Pocket-sized legal advice
Activists Rights Handbook
By the Activist's Defence Network
Reviewed by Karen Fredericks
Most of the time a political action committee needs a lawyer like Madonna needs more publicity. The presence of a
By Sean Malloy
Palestinian academic, Dr Ilham Abu Ghazaleh, toured Australia recently for the United Church, speaking on a range of issues relating to the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank by Israel. A linguistics professor at Jerusalem's
My World — South African exile Paul Thusi presents his weekly program on Sydney's Radio Skid Row (2RSR 88.9). Paul keeps the African community, and others interested in Africa, up to date with the latest news from the African continent and the
By Pip Hinman
Environmentalists have cautiously welcomed the findings of "Future Reaction", the Commonwealth's Research Reactor Review released on August 5. Greenpeace's Ben Pearson said that the review's findings reaffirm the safety,
Face to face with Fidel Castro
Interview with Tomás Borge
Ocean Press, 181pp. $19.95
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
Why do so many people interview Fidel Castro? Beatriz Pagés, Gianni Min, Frei Betto, Tomás Borge, Maria
Connections: The Spirit of Crazy Horse
SBS TV
Thursday, August 19, 8.30 p.m. (8.00 Adelaide)
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
To understand a people, one must understand their origins, says a Lakota activist interviewed in this moving
By Pip Hinman
On most supermarket shelves these days, tuna cans are marked as "dolphin safe". For the unsuspecting consumer, the purchase of this item is preferable to those that are unmarked, which consumers rightly suspect to be the product
By Will Firth
BERLIN — This city is one of seven in the running to host the 27th Olympic Games. In the last several years Berlin's Senat (local government) and a number of corporations have made major investments in support of the city's
Rallies commemorate Hiroshima Day
By Pip Hinman
Nearly 50 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki, peace activists in Brisbane, Hobart and Sydney rallied to remember those who died and to demand an end to the
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Over ten thousand teachers rallied across Queensland on August 5 to protest the cutbacks to the education budget by the state government. The 4000-strong meeting at Brisbane's Festival Hall, plus some 50 other
Paying for enterprise bargaining
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — A document circulated to DSS managers on July 19 advises them of the amount of salary dollars and ASL (Actual Staffing Level, i.e., jobs) they will be losing in order to pay
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