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Asian crisis: why capitalism is crumbling

Asian crisis: why capitalism is crumbling By John Percy The Communist Manifesto ushered in a new epoch in human history. It described and projected the process of change from capitalism to socialism, the coming to power of the working class.

The pope in Cuba: 'Everyone's a winner but the US'

The pope in Cuba: 'Everyone's a winner but the US' By Karen Lee Wald HAVANA — While the pope's visit to Cuba was officially billed as a "pastoral visit" to Catholics at the invitation of their bishops, the world's attention was nevertheless

Bomb charges rejected

Bomb charges rejected By Karina Marlon JAKARTA — The dictatorship is trying to blame the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and the National Democratic Struggle Committee (KNPD) for the January 18 explosion of a bomb in an apartment in Tanah

Today's tasks: ten-point justice

Today's tasks: ten-point justice "Our ten points: a long-range policy for Aborigines" was adopted at the 1938 Day of Mourning and Protest held in Australian Hall, and published in the first edition of the Australian Abo Call newspaper in April

Hands off Iraq!

Hands off Iraq! The government of the United States is openly planning still another military attack on the people of Iraq. Once again, the most powerful military machine in history is to be turned against helpless civilians, whose murder will be

Wharfies seek solidarity

Wharfies seek solidarity By Graham Mathews BRISBANE — Wharfies here are ready to defend their wages and conditions. With small victories over the Liberal government last year in the Cairns dispute and over the Dubai fiasco, their morale is

'Slave labour', say youth

'Slave labour', say youth By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Howard government's move to extend the compulsory work for the dole scheme is akin to conscription and slave labour, according to a group of young people interviewed in the January 29

Government moves against sole parents

Sole parents will have a lengthy waiting period before being paid social security under provisions buried in the proposed Parenting Payment Bill currently before parliament. The bill fuses the sole parent pension with the current parenting allowance

A Dangerous Man

A Dangerous Man [A tribute to Siegfried Sassoon — antiwar poet. ] Sassoon was a man,A dangerous man,Sassoon was a dangerous man.He went off to a warAnd went back for moreSassoon, what a dangerous man! And after this warHe settled his

Media bash 'single mums'

Media bash 'single mums' By Karen Fletcher Brisbane GP Judy Stokes has shot to media super-stardom in Queensland following her letter to the Courier-Mail calling for single mothers to be forced to give up their children for adoption after the

New WA anti-graffiti laws

New WA anti-graffiti laws By Sean Martin-Iverson PERTH — The state Liberal government has moved to make WA's already draconian anti-graffiti laws even harsher. The existing legislation, which allows for penalties of 200 hours of community

Isaac Newton, God and the new science

Isaac Newton, God and the new science Isaac Newton: The Last SorcererBy Michael WhiteFourth Estate, 1997. 402 pp., $45 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Once upon a time, way back in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton saw an apple fall and in a