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By Francisco Sobrino BUENOS AIRES — On July 13, 1992, Time proclaimed "Menem's miracle" and showed the Argentine president as a shining sun. Time was not alone: the entire imperialist media have been very satisfied with the way Carlos
By Tim E. Stewart First it was the spray-painted stencils "Certified Post-Arrivalist" on the footpaths of Sydney. Then there was a splattering of fluorescent stickers — poles, bus shelters, traffic lights all Certified Post-Arrivalist.
By Norm Dixon Opinion polls in South Africa indicate that support for the African National Congress may be close to the all-important 66% mark. Should the ANC win the April 27 elections with more than a two-thirds majority, it will be able to
Playland Written and directed by Athol Fugard With John Kani and Sean Taylor Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Jorge Sotirios Athol Fugard has written many a play which resonates with a commitment to the plight of the oppressed in
By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — In the weeks after Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party polled strongly in the Russian parliamentary elections, a phrase constantly on the lips of government supporters was "the threat of fascism". On
Free trade The policy of free trade and the free movement of capital, pursued around the world during the last decade, has been part of a Class War by the rich against the poor, with the middle class sitting on the fence enjoying the benefits.
By Pip Hinman Widespread popular support for the demands of the Zapatista rebel movement in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has created a serious political crisis for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government. President
The Snapper Directed by Stephen Frears With Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Ruth McCabe Dendy Cinema, Sydney Reviewed by Catherine Brown "Am I the only person in this house taking this seriously?", asks Dessie Curley (Colm Meaney) as his