uth = By Marina Cameron
People who see Sweet Honey in the Rock live dont forget the experience. The mixture of voices and mastery of musical styles, the strength and passion of the performance are spine tingling. Each Sweet Honey performance is
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By Tyrion Perkins
Last month two prominent members of the FSLN toured Australia. Alejandro Bendaña and Zoilamerica Ortega, representing the Centre for International Studies, spoke at meetings organised by CISLAC (Committees in Solidarity with
By Sandra Wallace and Neville Spencer
MEXICO CITY — From July 27 to August 3, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) hosted the first Intercontinental Meeting for Humanity and Against Neo-liberalism in the jungles of Chiapas in southern
By Iggy Kim
HOBART — In the face of a continuing decline in profits, bosses in Tasmania have sounded a strong warning to the state government. An end of June survey of employers by the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) and the
MANILA — "Free Dita Sari", "Suharto, Hitler, dictator, killer — out" were painted on banners and caps as around 100 workers from the socialist workers centre Filipino Workers Solidarity (BMP) picketed the Indonesian embassy here on August 9. This
Oh where, oh where has Labor's heartland gone?
By Dave Wright
SYDNEY — One hundred people gathered at the Balmain Leagues Club on August 3 to consider the question: Has Labor lost its heartland forever? The meeting was organised by the Balmain
The CrossBy Mandy SayerAngus and Robertson Pyable, 1995296 pp., $14.95 (pb)Reviewed by Tony Smith Don't be deterred by cover notes which hail a "thriller, love story, tale of the city". The Cross is none of these. Rather than hybridise banal
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Coal miners are pressing ahead in a battle to force the government and coal companies to hand over wages that have gone unpaid from as far back as February. During the first week of August, more than 50,000 workers in
US government agencies and research groups conducted experiments with high dosages of the Edmonston-Zagreb (EZ) measles vaccine from 1987 to 1991 on thousands of babies in Haiti, Mexico, Senegal, Guinea Bissau and African-American and Latino
By Leo Wellin
Faced with implementing cuts of around one in three Telstra jobs, managers have begun implementing an assessment test allowing them to target individuals for redundancy. The quaintly named "resource rebalancing" process is based on
France blocks ban on toxic waste export
On July 28, Greenpeace announced that France is blocking a regional agreement that would ban the export of toxic and nuclear waste from OECD states in the Mediterranean to non-European Union countries of the
Abolition 2000
PERTH — A new campaign, Abolition 2000, was launched on August 6 by WA Greens Senator Dee Margetts and People for Nuclear Disarmament campaigner Jo Vallentine. Speakers included Bill Ethel from the CFMEU, Peter Holland and Fiona
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