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Dorney misses the forest and the trees

Dorney misses the forest and the trees The Sandline Affair: Politics and mercenaries and the Bougainville crisisBy Sean DorneySydney: ABC Books, 1998352 pp., $24.95 Review by Max Watts Since the Bougainville "crisis", (I'd call it the

International day of action against Jabiluka mine

International day of action against Jabiluka mine International day of action against Jabiluka mine Protests against the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine took place in Madrid, Paris, Cologne, Bonn and Osaka on October 20. In Madrid, representatives

'Vote for a steelworker, not a politician!'

'Vote for a steelworker, not a politician!' NEWCASTLE — Green Left Weekly's STEVE O'BRIEN interviewed GEOFF PAYNE, Democratic Socialist candidate for the federal seat of Newcastle, between his shifts at the BHP steelworks. The vote in the seat

1968:Year of hope

Year of hope 1968: Marching in the StreetsBy Tariq Ali and Susan WatkinsBloomsbury Press, 1998. 224 pp., $49.95 Review by John Nebauer "'Order reigns in Warsaw!' 'Order reigns in Paris!' 'Order reigns in Berlin!' This is how the reports of the

US immigration law — bringing back sweatshops

By David Bacon BERKELEY, California — There is an immigration crisis in the United States. But it is not caused by uncontrolled borders or too many immigrants, the stereotyped images used to inflame anti-immigrant hysteria. It is the return of

Resistance seminar on fighting racism

Resistance seminar on fighting racism By Danny Fairfax SYDNEY — Forty people, including a number of new faces, attended an anti-racism seminar held by Resistance on Saturday, October 10. The event sought to get to the heart of racism and how to

How Can It Be?

How Can It Be? How can it be that we have come to this?Australia must be a land of foolish masochistsOnce you might overlook, but someone tell me now,Did we really put up our hands for more of Johnny Howard? Civilisation will hold us in

East Timorese mobilise for freedom

The fall of Suharto in May unleashed an unprecedented wave of political discussion and activity in East Timor. Across the island, meetings are being organised to discuss East Timor's future as an independent entity, to debate the proposal of

Workers First contests organiser elections

Workers First contests organiser elections By Chris Spindler The Workers First team, which won the leadership of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union earlier this year, is standing candidates for seven organiser

Loose cannons

Beginning of wisdom "Now it seems we were just pawns." — Andrew McKellar, recruited as a wharfie for the Patrick union-busting operation but dumped when Patrick settled with the MUA. McKellar and another scab are suing Patrick and industrial

Touch One, Touch All premiered

Touch One, Touch All premiered By Margaret Perrott WOLLONGONG — On October 21, 50 people attended the launch of the new film by Peter Ewer, Touch One, Touch All, about government attacks on unionists in the Illawarra. The film draws parallels

A Vietnamese Revolutionary Talks To Jesus

A Vietnamese Revolutionary Talks To Jesus You say you were six hours on the Cross?— That's true, six hours of sun and dust and sweat.I am still young, and I have been a scoreOf years in battle. I was born upon a battlefield. You say your mother