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The campaign against Aboriginal organisations

The Coalition government, with the help of the establishment media, has been focusing a great deal of attention on alleged "financial mismanagement" by ATSIC and other Aboriginal organisations. Green Left Weekly several people whether they thought

The revolution will not be televised!

On April 2, US musician and songwriter Gil Scott-Heron was arrested for cocaine possession in Brisbane after flying in from London. On April 4 he pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court and was fined $2000 for 2.3 grams of cocaine, $1500

Like an audience with a saint

A Day With President MandelaA Weekly Mail Television productionSBS, Friday, May 10, 8.30pm (8 in SA)Previewed by Norm Dixon The reactions of some on the left to criticism of Nelson Mandela and his government is not unlike the response when you fart

Activists demonstrate at US nuclear test site

By David Kupfer Promoters of peace continue to have an active presence at the gates outside the entrance to the Nevada Test Site 100 kilometres outside Las Vegas. While the 1993 Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB) agreement was signed by the US president,

The future of unions: shearers show the way

With the Coalition government about to introduce changes to the Industrial Relations Act which will severely limit the rights of unions, the union movement and its leadership are facing one of the biggest challenges of their time. Over the last 13

Action updates

Radical feminist conference MELBOURNE — More than 200 women attended a conference on the Politics of Radical Feminism, sponsored by Deakin University, Melbourne University's Political Science Department and Spinifex Press, on April 20. Sheila

Shake-up in South African cabinet

By Norm Dixon The ANC-dominated government of national unity in recent weeks has experienced a rash of resignations, appointments and sackings. South African left sources in touch with Green Left Weekly have interpreted the moves as a strengthening

... and ain't i a woman? Adios, Patroncito

Adios, Patroncito "In the Chiapas highlands, on the sides of roads that are almost always laced with fog, the campesino families walk: the head of the family in the lead, his wife following, holding a few chickens by their feet, a bundle of

Ten years later: the true price of nuclear power

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — On April 19, a week before the 10th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, leaders of the G7 group of industrialised nations met in Moscow with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine for a two-day summit on nuclear

Bankers push nuclear power in eastern Europe

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — To believe its founding charter, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is committed to pursuing "environmentally sound and sustainable development" as it helps fund the transition to market economies in

More sponsors for August 25 East Timor day

On April 23, Indonesian scholar Dr George Aditjondro announced that he would be a sponsor of the August 25 national day of solidarity to demand withdrawal of Australia's formal recognition of Indonesia's annexation of East Timor. The day of action is

Letter from the US: Two-party system under strain

Two-party system under strain The two-party system is showing signs of strain. Polls indicate a growing distrust of both Democratic and Republican politicians. Fuelling this unease is the fact that in the past two decades, real wages have fallen