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Activists promote unity in Redfern

Activists promote unity in Redfern By Andrew Gianniotis SYDNEY — Establishment newspapers say the Aboriginal community in Redfern is divided and that the area is experiencing a "crime spree". Is this true? Resistance activists decided to see

NTEU campaign continues

By Jeremy Smith The National Tertiary Education and Industry Union national council in October launched a campaign around three claims: a 15% pay rise, retention of positive aspects of the award and past enterprise bargaining agreements, and

Tension in East Timor continues

By Jon Lamb Over the past few weeks Indonesian military, security agents and pro-integration youth thugs from GARDIPAKSI have terrorised East Timorese youth in Dili and other regional centres. Scores of young Timorese have been rounded up, detained

Witch-hunts across the centuries

The CrucibleWritten by Arthur MillerDirected by Nicholas HynterOpened nationally February 6 Review by Jennifer Thompson Arthur Miller's play about the 1692 witch-trials in Salem, Massachusetts, written in 1953 at the height of the McCarthyite

Correction

Correction A subediting error in the article "The ALP, ethnic communities and the cult(ure) of difference" in the February 5 edition of Green Left Weekly incorrectly described Robert Manne as the former Fraser government minister for Aboriginal

Action updates

Doctors to stop work Doctors will hold stop-work meetings across NSW on the February 11 to discuss a motion for an ongoing campaign against the government's restriction of Medicare provider numbers. The main proposal to be considered will be an

Werribee residents oppose toxic dump

Werribee residents oppose toxic dump By Ian Haywood MELBOURNE — A strong community campaign has arisen in Werribee, a town just west of Melbourne, in response to a planned toxic dump on the town's outskirts. The site is an exhausted quarry

The transformation of South Africa's communists

Raising the Red Flag: The International Socialist League and the Communist Party of South Africa 1914-1932By Sheridan JohnsMayibuye Books, Bellville, South Africa1995, 309pp. Review by Norm Dixon Mayibuye Books specialise in publishing works

Resistance to oppose NUS disaffiliation on UWA

By Justin Randell PERTH — A University of Western Australia Guild Council meeting last month called a referendum on continued UWA affiliation to the National Union of Students. This referendum will be held April 14-16. The motion for a

Stalin's hand in the French CP

Stalin's hand in the French CP By Stuart Russell Documents recently released by the Russian presidential archives demonstrate to what extent former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin controlled the policies of the French Communist Party. In June

Workers' ultimatum for Kim Young-sam

By Eva Cheng After nearly four weeks of general strikes which involved around 260,000 South Korean workers in daily walk-outs, strike leaders announced on January 18 that the walk-outs would be replaced by strikes on Wednesdays and rallies on

Fraser by-election results

Fraser by-election results By Lara Pullin CANBERRA — Disillusionment with traditional parties was notable in the outcome of the Fraser by-election on February 1. The ALP retained the seat vacated by Labor's John Langmore (who left to take up a