Coincidence in media-land?
By Sean Healy
The editors of the establishment newspapers — especially the "quality" broadsheets — claim that their editorial decisions on what is, and isn't, news are not influenced by the business interests of
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By Sean Healy
In a bitter irony, parliament has presented its new laws and regulations governing asylum seekers as part of a "solution" to the "refugee problem". They are nothing of the kind: the new regime will make it almost impossible for most
Protest against forced deportations
SYDNEY — More than 30 members and supporters of the Burmese community protested outside the Thai consul general's office on December 2 to call for an immediate halt to the forced deportation of Burmese
A victory to build on
Twenty-four years ago this week, the Indonesian military launched its brutal invasion of East Timor. Today East Timor is at last free of the Indonesian occupation. Although the East Timorese have paid a huge price, and now
Helping
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Just as [we] made a successful commitment to ensuring that every child has access to public education starting at age 5, we must commit ourselves to ensuring that in the 21st century every child in America has
Scottish socialists see good growing weather
Lisa Young and Pam Currie
GLASGOW — The Scottish Socialist Party exploded onto the political scene in 1999. Tommy Sheridan's election to the Scottish parliament represents a major breakthrough for a
Keep your finger on the pulse
Just because Green Left Weekly is taking a break for the next six weeks, you don't have to lose touch with what's going on in the green and left movements.
Green Left Weekly's TV show in Sydney (on channel 31) will
By Phil Shannon
The ballot for a new certified agreement in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care concluded last week. The result was a resounding "no". Sixty per cent of staff rejected the shabby agreement, which provided for a very
Marxism 2000 conference: confident in the future of socialism
By John Percy
Whose century was the 20th, and whose century will the 21st be? As the millennium draws to a close, we should reflect on this. Capitalism is still in power across most of
Well, yes
"It shows that the little man ... can ... get justice. However, the fact that it took him nine years to do it proves that the system does have its problems." — Tasmanian Senator Paul Calvert on Geoff Marr, who had just won an unfair
By Jonathan Singer
The federal government has withdrawn the outstanding parts of its "second wave" of anti-union legislation after the Democrats decided to join with the ALP and the Greens to defeat these measures in the Senate. The ALP, however,
Technology for the new millennium
There is a new technology in the air. It is called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). It holds huge promise for mobile phones. It is being spoken of as the possible basis for a single international mobile phone
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