The voice of God
By Brandon Astor Jones
"You tell me whar a man gits his corn pone, en I'll tell you what his 'pinions is." — Jerry
The words above were spoken by a slave named Jerry. When Mark Twain listened, Jerry often shared his
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By Doug Lorimer
Speaking in Belfast shortly before the Labour Party won the UK general election last year, Tony Blair declared, "I believe in the United Kingdom. I value the union" between Britain and Northern Ireland. Within this framework, on
The Dark Side of CamelotBy Seymour HershHarperCollins, 1998. 498 pp., $22.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
On the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, a CIA officer was handing a poisoned pen to a Cuban exile in Paris to
Eight governments issue nuclear declaration
An initiative on nuclear disarmament was launched jointly on June 9 by the governments of Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa and Sweden. The joint declaration, titled
The JourneyMaryam MursalReal World through Festival Review by Norm Dixon
With this album, Maryam Mursal takes her place amongst the great contemporary women singers from Africa, such as Miriam Makeba, Angelique Kidjo and Oumou Sangare. Mursal, who
Correction
In our June 3 issue, a report on a speech by Jose Ramos Horta at the University of NSW on May 25 said that the meeting was organised by the Amnesty club of UNSW. In fact, the meeting was organised by Catholics in Coalition for Justice
By Francesca Davis
Yet another round of changes to entry requirements for immigrants has reaffirmed the Coalition government's commitment to ensuring that business gets the migrant labour it needs without taking on any of the cost of settling the
Industrial awards to be gutted
By James Vassilopoulos
From July 1, all industrial awards (which specify working conditions
and wage rates) will be stripped to the bone. The regulation of working
conditions will be reduced to 20 items
Following the election of a record number of radical left and ultra-right candidates in the March regional elections in France, Green Left Weekly's LISA MACDONALD spoke to PIERRE ROUSSET, a veteran socialist activist and editor of Rouge, the
The success of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party in the Queensland elections has "stunned" and "surprised" many political commentators in the establishment press. They are now busy condemning Hanson because of the "divisiveness" she fosters and
The following is abridged from Cuban President FIDEL CASTRO's speech to the World Health Organisation in Geneva on May 14, when he was presented with the WHO's Health for All medal. The world economy grew six-fold and the production of wealth and
By Michael Karadjis
Serbian troops in the occupied region of Kosovo are carrying out ethnic cleansing on a scale not seen since the war in Bosnia. Villages have been bombed by helicopters, fighter planes and heavy artillery or completely burnt,
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