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Howard's tightrope: too much racism vs too little

BY ALISON DELLIT After losing to a party which did not even pretend to expect to win, it's no surprise that the Country Liberal Party is regretting its decision to preference One Nation ahead of Labor in the Northern Territory elections. It is

'It's time' all right

BY ALISON DELLIT According to Prime Minister John Howard, the defeat of the Country Liberal Party in the August 18 Northern Territory election was governed by the "It's time" factor. But why NT residents set the "it's time" alarm clock for 26 years

BELGIUM: Roundup Ready soya beans contain unidentified DNA

BY CAT LAZAROFF Belgian scientists have found DNA from an unknown source in Roundup Ready soya beans, a genetically engineered crop produced by US-based biotechnology giant Monsanto. The announcement comes as the Bush administration places

How Washington got Japan to attack

Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl HarborBy Robert StinnettTouchstone Books, 2001416 pages, US$12.80 (pb)Available from <http://Amazon.com> REVIEW BY ASHLEY SMITH You should never get your history lessons from Disney

So do they deserve it because they're Middle Eastern?

BY TAMARA PEARSON Anger is building in Sydney, after Premier Bob Carr blamed Middle Eastern gangs for a succession of sexual assaults in the city's south-west. On one side, led by Carr and the Daily Telegraph, is the beginnings of a lynch mob; on

Unionists back new safety law

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — One thousand shop stewards and health and safety representatives came together on August 23 for a meeting called by the Victorian Trades Hall Council in support of the state Labor government's planned industrial

'Every person is an artist'

BY JULIA PERKINS In the hands of a people's movement, culture can be a fine weapon. That was certainly proven the case on August 17 when the Indonesian military repressed a people's carnival organised by the national cultural network, JAKER, in

Refugee solidarity bus tour planned

BY ALEX MILNE & JO BROWN MELBOURNE — More then 60 participants are confirmed for the "Free the refugees" solidarity bus trip organised by the Melbourne Refugee Action Collective (RAC). The trip will leave Melbourne on September 21 to arrive at

Resistance contests ANU elections

BY STUART MUNCKTON CANBERRA — The socialist youth group Resistance will be contesting the Australian National University Student Association (SA) elections during the first week of September. Resistance is running for the positions of president,

BHP's outsourcing still on hold

BY STUART MARTIN WOLLONGONG — At an August 20 hearing of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and the Australian Workers Union succeeded in again delaying BHP's attempt to sign outsourcing contracts

CHINA: WTO entry will trigger mass dislocation

BY EVA CHENG The United States has scored another victory in its long campaign to ensure China pays dearly to enter the World Trade Organisation, forcing the country to agree to limits on agricultural subsidies tougher than those on other Third

US backs apartheid Israel

@box text intr = The United States government's threat to boycott the UN-organised World Conference Against Racism, being held in South Africa from August 31, raises the question why the self-proclaimed "land of the free" would want to avoid a