By Jennifer Thompson
According to Noam Chomsky's April 23 article, "Israel, Lebanon, and the 'Peace Process'", the day after Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres took office, the New York Times reported "approvingly" that Israeli war planes attacked
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By Pip Hinman
The Northern Territory Environment Centre (ECNT) and the Australian Conservation Foundation have condemned ERA's plans to mill uranium from the Jabiluka mine at Ranger. Speaking after a week-long visit to the Kakadu National Park, ACF
By Chris Martin
SYDNEY — Walking in silence through a light rain, more than 200 people, black and white, came together in Sydney on March 9 to retrace the steps of one of Australia's first protest marches by Aboriginal people. This early act of
The Coalition government's industrial relations and shipping policies are particularly targeted at the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). Howard and Reith want to reduce transport costs to business. More importantly, without the maritime union their
The Howard government's announcement that it intends to scrap Labor's three mines policy and allow the opening of new uranium mines in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia has renewed calls for an end to uranium mining by the
By Paul Oboohov
CANBERRA — At a mass meeting at the National Convention Centre on May 13, more than 2000 federal public servants voted for bans. People were forced to sit in the aisles as reports on the attack on the federal public service were
Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and CyberspaceBy Dale SpenderSpinifex, 1995. $24.95Reviewed by Patricia Brien Dale Spender's most recent book deals with computer-based technology and its implications for women.
Spender engages with a historical
By Brian Martin
There are lots of reasons to oppose Olympic Games — not just the 1996 or 2000 games, but all of them. A brief outline is given here. The points summarise ideas analysed in far more depth in various studies. Unfortunately, critical
By Maria Sari
NEW YORK — A "Fast for Life" called by the solidarity and aid group "Pastors for Peace" on February 21 after US Customs agents seized 400 medical computers and other aid bound for Cubs is now in its 11th week, Although one of the
By Jo Brown.
The theme of this year's Resistance national conference is "Fighting the Liberals, Fighting for Socialism". The conference, to be held in Melbourne from July 5-7, will be attended by hundreds of activists from around the country. This
On May 16, well known battler for the working class Nick Origlass died in Sydney at age 88. Nick Origlass was one of the early members of the Trotskyist movement in Australia. He was a committed and militant unionist who led the Balmain branch of the
James Connolly and the Irish LeftBy W.K. AndersonIrish Academic Press in association with National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University$39.95Reviewed by Bernie Brian This book is not an account of the life of the Irish socialist, James
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