By Jack Colhoun WASHINGTON — Here for a meeting with World Bank officials, former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega delivered an urgent warning: Nicaragua is on the verge of "an armed social explosion". "There are thousands of armed men
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British voters reject 'electable' Labour As in Australia, the conventional "wisdom" in Britain is that Labour has a chance of winning only with conservative candidates and policies. In an article from the British socialist, ISIDOROS DIAKIDES
In the last year, a new trade union association has emerged in Czechoslovakia. KAREL HYNES, president of the Trade Union Association of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia (OSCMS — Odborove sdruzene Cech, Moravy a Slovenska) was interviewed in Prague
Up the Greasy Pole: a year in the life of Senator Frank Bragger By John Black, Michael Macklin and Chris Puplick Mandarin, Melbourne. 1992. 273 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Tony Smith Up the Greasy Pole is unlikely to win any literary awards,
Alice Dixon One of Australia's great fighters for justice has died. Her spirit, courage and sense of unity, however, continues to live in the hearts of the thousands of people she inspired. Alice Dixon was a Kaurna woman, known throughout
By Frank Noakes PERTH — The Musicians' Union here has embarked on a campaign which, if successful, could bring major changes to the appalling conditions of employment most musicians are now forced to endure. The campaign, endorsed by the
The events in Los Angeles have exposed a deep rot in United States society, festering on racism and a growing polarisation between rich and poor. The "American dream" of democracy, decent living standards and peace has become a nightmare of
By Nick Fredman There is renewed debate over the nature of the National Union of Students — whether it a useful instrument of struggle or another device for the ALP to co-opt a movement. NUS office bearers and delegates are dominated by two
Green shopping service SYDNEY — "Green consumers, not governments or corporations, will ultimately be the saviours of our planet", says Tim Walsh, manager of a new green home shopping service. According to Walsh, Greendoor Ecological Shopping
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In the first warm days of spring, workers in the capital took the chance offered by the May Day holiday to head for the countryside — the lucky ones to stay in their cottages or dig their garden plots, others to
Polish doctors restrict abortions By Iwona Knothe WARSAW — A controversial doctors' code of ethics prohibiting most abortions went into effect on May 2, despite warnings that it could increase the death rate among women and that it violates
Malaysian threat to Bougainville By Norm Dixon Moses Havini, the Bougainville Interim Government's representative in Australia, has condemned Malaysia's decision to provide military aid and counter-insurgency training to the PNG Defence
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