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US hid evidence on shooting down of Korean airliner

In August 1983, Soviet fighter planes shot down a South Korean civilian airliner which, on a flight from Alaska to Seoul, went hundreds of kilometres off course and passed over restricted Siberian territory. The event was portrayed by the US Reagan

Victorian union leaders defend members

Victorian union leaders defend members By Michael Bull and Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — A Victorian branch meeting of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union on September 5 unanimously endorsed a state

EAG contesting elections

EAG contesting elections CANBERRA — The main tickets running in this year's Students Association elections at the Australian National University include Labor and Liberal Party tickets and the Education Action Group (EAG). The EAG consists of

CPSU NSW branch elections

CPSU NSW branch elections By Chris Pickering WOLLONGONG—Elections for the NSW branch of the CPSU (a federation, on paper only, of the national CPSU and state public service unions included in the State Public Services Federation) were conducted

Subtle metaphor for the 'American dream'

Hoop DreamsDirected by Steve JamesProduced by Peter Gilbert and Federick MarxAt Greater Union CinemasReviewed by James Goodman Arthur Agee and William Gates were ordinary black US 12-year-olds when the Hoop Dreams film crew entered their lives.

Sydney Uni elections — hide & seek politics

By Sarah Peart and Mel Penney SYDNEY — Elections for the Sydney Uni Student Representative Council are under way. In the context of the potential for a big education campaign, Resistance has decided to run in the elections in order to build the

The militant history of Wonthaggi

True Stories: Black Gold, Kindred SpiritsABC TVThursday, September 26, 9.30pm (9SA)Previewed by Jennifer Thompson The ABC is bringing an important slice of working-class political history to lounge rooms in the story of the Wonthaggi coal miners in

A recipe for homelessness

By Margaret Gleeson and Lisa Macdonald Nearly 25% of the Australian population lives in rented accommodation. Almost all will be affected by the federal government's proposal to slash $500 million (50%) from its housing budget. The government

Jailed for nothing in 'the land of the free'

The Cuban Excludables. The Cutting EdgeSBSTuesday, September 24, 8.30pm (8 SA)Previewed by Jill Hickson This is a very moving portrayal of human rights abuses in the United States against Cuban immigrants who were among those in the Mariel boat lift

Thieves fall out over Iraq

By Norm Dixon As Green Left Weekly goes to press, the United States is preparing further bombing and missile attacks on Iraq. This has done little, however, to stop the establishment media in Australia parroting US President Bill Clinton's claim

Radioactive contamination of Greenham Common

By Robyn Marshall A large area around Greenham Common air base in Britain was seriously contaminated by radioactivity at some time before 1961, according to a article in the July 20 New Scientist. Greenham Common was the site of a long occupation

Write on: letters to the editor

Senate and the budget The question of the senate and blocking the budget has been raised in the Victorian Student movement. At the meeting of the Student Unionism Network on the 10th of September, the International Socialist Organisation moved that