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Write on: Letters to the editor

Factually correct Your article by Sean Healy (GLW #453) contains a large number of factually incorrect statements. Let me point out a few as pointed out by the eyewitnesses quoted in Aftonbladet and the Gotenborg Posten, and also fellow residents

Behind South Africa's 'miracle' transition

REVIEW BY MARINA CARMAN The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the post-Apartheid stateBy Richard A. WilsonCambridge University Press 2001271 pages $39.95 Finally, the story behind the "miracle" transition in

NSW workers comp: the campaign that wasn't

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — "We did not cave in or sell out. I want to make it clear that we remain opposed to the [workers' compensation] bill", NSW Labor Council secretary-elect John Robertson told the more than 200,000 workers who stopped work

SUDAN: US weighs oil against human rights

BY DAN CONNELL Secretary of State Colin Powell's recent four-country tour of Africa produced a flurry of press coverage on renewed US interest in ending the 18-year Sudan civil war. Despite US President George W. Bush's nomination of a special

Big is beautiful

The Big AnimalDirected by Jerzy StuhrStars Jerzy Stuhr, Anna Dynna2000 Sydney Film Festival REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM The big animal of the title is not one often found in small towns in Poland. A circus camel has been left behind and attached

Unionist returns to work, triumphant

BY SANDY WHELAN ADELAIDE — "It's probably the first time I've ever really enjoyed a whole day at work", postal worker John McGill said of his first day back at Adelaide Mail Centre after winning an appeal against unfair dismissal on June 25.

BRITAIN: Union takes on New Labour

It is only three weeks since Tony Blair led New Labour to a landslide victory in the British elections. But the future looks grim for the government, with members of the largest union in the country openly questioning their allegiance to the Labour party and pledging a full-blown fight against Blair's privatisation plans.

CHOGM Action Network launched, plans march

BY TIM STEWART BRISBANE — Members of 20 organisations came together on June 26 to plan protests outside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane. The meeting unanimously decided that a march "to the gates of CHOGM" on the

Media frenzy becomes a racist witch-hunt

COMMENT BY SARAH STEPHEN Aboriginal communities are populated by drunken, violent criminals, are racked by internal squabbling and lack any credible leadership — if you believe corporate media reporting of indigenous domestic violence.

You're welcome!

To the founding conference of the Socialist Alliance Saturday, August 4 and Sunday August 5, Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Melbourne The founding conference of the Socialist Alliance will adopt the platform and constitution of the Alliance and set

Firefighters' union dumps Labor

BY TOM FLANAGAN "Whilst we might be the first trade union to walk away from the ALP this week, we also hope for the sake of injured workers in this state that we won't be the last", said Chris Read, the secretary of the NSW Fire Brigade Employees'

Loose cannons

Convincing refutation "... there's an assumption that we're an American company that exports things everywhere else to make a lot of money... Sure, we're everywhere, but so too is ... NBC and CNN." — McDonald's CEO Jack Greenberg. Balanced