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Resistance provokes outrage

Last year Resistance led the high school walkouts against racism. Here is what our opponents said about the rallies:   Shaun Nelson (Queensland One Nation MP): “Putting children into the line of fire ... is child abuse ... these

Credit card recovery

The owners of big retail chain stores and mega-shopping centres are rubbing their hands with glee following the Christmas and post-Christmas sales frenzy. Most have posted record profits for the period, despite concerns that "consumer confidence"

Down but not quite out in New York

Down but not quite out in New York US Visiting Mr GreenBy Jeff BaronDirected by Sandra BatesEnsemble Theatre, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle Another New York Jewish play, I hear you groan! Another play about the generation gap! Okay, but this

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News —

Pakistan government extends military courts

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on January 12 restored the powers of the speaker and deputy speaker of the Sindh provincial assembly. The federal government of Nawaz Sharif had dismissed the Sindh provincial government, ruled by Sharif's Pakistan

Life of Riley: Australia Day 1999

Australia Day 1999 Sheep shit in the South Pacific. With your baa lambs and your empty sky, you big fella stretched out in sun drying. Sunburnt. Sleepy. Empty. You lucky bastard of a country. You your own planet, your own boss cockie —

... and ain't I a woman?: Less spice, more sport

... and ain't I a woman?: Less spice, more sport Just after Christmas, Brisbane's Courier-Mail newspaper reported stories of young women in the Australian Institute of Sport being treated unfairly by coaches in the women's tennis program, since

Army running water and power services in Pakistan

By Farooq Tariq LAHORE — In a drastic move to curb trade union activity in the power and water sector, the Pakistan government last month "suspended" the trade unions covering the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)for two years. On

Seeds of destruction

By Peter Montague The New York Times in October ran "Playing God in the Garden" by Michael Pollan. It explains why many people in the US are already eating genetically engineered foods like corn and potatoes without knowing it, and why there is a

Godfrey Bigot speaks

Godfrey Bigot, spokesman for the political establishment and candidate for the NSW upper house, shares his vision for society and helps us to understand where the current law and order debate is taking us. "It is time to get back to basics", says

Green Left's radical heritage

By Claudine Holt Where did you buy your copy of Green Left Weekly? Was it in Adelaide's Rundle Mall? Hobart's Salamanca Markets? Melbourne's Flinders Street Station? Or perhaps it was at protests against the dictatorship in Indonesia or the

Waste trade — who pays?

By Ravi Agarwal NEW DELHI — Rajinder Singh, 35, breaks imported used car batteries for a living. He pries them open and stacks the lead plates with his bare hands while the small, almost open furnace is fired to receive another batch. Meanwhile,