By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — A Namibian court has found that the 1989 assassination of SWAPO activist Anton Lubowski was the work of a South African Defence Force death squad. The verdict confirms the suspicions of many South Africans and
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Filipinos oppose new tax
By Jon Land
Two thousand people protested outside the Malacanang Palace in Manila on June 28 over the introduction of a new value-added tax (VAT). Organised by a coalition called KOMVAT, the action was part of a
By Roger Clarke
Marxism certainly claims to be scientific, but it is not only science. Marxists accept "the categoric imperative to overthrow all relations in which man [humanity] is a debased, enslaved, abandoned, despicable essence" (Karl
Not true, unfortunately
"Money market 'gone to hell'" — headline in Sunday Telegraph, June 26.
Forward planning
"The Royal Australian Navy is spending $70 million to buy and convert two American warships into helicopter carriers so
Public cinema for Newtown
SYDNEY — The third in a series of screenings to highlight the need for a public cinema in the inner suburb of Newtown takes place when the community newspaper Newtown Bridge presents Riding the Gale, a poignant
By June McKay
CANBERRA — In a period of international trade agreements, Australian workers can't ignore international issues and working conditions, Greens Senator Dee Margetts told a Canberra Public Sector Union dinner on June 22. The dinner
By Jon Land
Two East Timorese were sentenced to prison for three years on June 27 for raising the flag of Fretilin in Dili on July 17 of last year. The peaceful protest marked the date that Suharto signed a bill declaring East Timor part of
Introducing Asian Studies — The Population Question in China — Faced with the largest population in the world, the Chinese government implemented drastic and controversial control measures, including a policy of one child per family. ABC Radio
Wednesday Special: The Gadfly — This dramatised documentary is the story of Francis James, one of the most colourful and mysterious figures in Australia's recent history: air ace, journalist, publisher, agitator (an early and vocal opponent of the
Southern Sky, Western Oval: A Year Inside League Football
By Martin Flanagan
McPhee Gribble, 1994. 191 pp., $14.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Footscray, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, has the highest unemployment rate (24%) in
ADELAIDE — The state Liberal cabinet has approved in principle a plan for businesses to employ prisoners. The proposal, prepared by the Department of Correctional Services, would allow companies to employ inmates as factory workers in remote
Comment by Ray Hayes
Steve Rogers and June McKay in their article "Jobs at Risk in DEET Proposal" (Green Left Weekly, June 15) miss the point completely. Their analysis is unworthy of inclusion in the pages of a paper that attempts to play a
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