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Filipino socialists: Australian forces should get out

Filipino socialist group, the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), released the statement slightly abridged below on September 3 after the Australian government announced to it would send special forces to work with the murderous Rodrigo Duterte regime in Mindanao in the name of the “war on terror”.

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The PLM demands that the Australian government withdraw the two Australian air force Orion spy planes participating in combat since June in Marawi, Mindanao, and abandon plans announced by Australian government ministers to send special forces.

Toxic vapors threat

Toxic vapors threat By Paul Jones BRISBANE — Despite a legally binding notice of improvement being served on the Royal Brisbane Hospital (RBH) by the division of workplace health and safety, the spills of liquid mercury coming from

Australia's Spies and Their Secrets

Australia's Spies and Their Secrets ASIO after the Cold War In his important book, Australia's Spies and Their Secrets, author David McKnight takes the lid off the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), using never before

Bougainvilleans to go to UN

Bougainvilleans to go to UN By Frank Enright The Bougainville Interim Government's representative to the United Nations, Mike Forster, has announced that it is considering taking the Papua New Guinea government to the International Court of

Exciting the brain

Exciting the brain Arcadia Written by Tom Stoppard Performed by the Sydney Theatre Company Opera House Drama Theatre Reviewed by Minnie O'Shea and Helen Jarvis The celebrated playwright Tom Stoppard continues to excite the brain

Report fails to legalise cannabis use

By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Cannabis users are disappointed that Queensland's Criminal Justice Commission recommended only minor changes to laws relating to cannabis use. The CJC's report released on July 13, called for a crub on police

Qld govt bows to developers

By Hilary Tilton BRIBIE ISLAND — Queensland environmentalists have been alerted to a possible attempt by the Goss Labour government to fast-track legislation to replace the current Queensland Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act.

East Timor: Church slams Australia's role

By Jon Land Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, has condemned the Australian government for its soft stance on human rights in East Timor. He has been joined by church leaders and human rights activists in Australia who

Artists and postmodernism

By Evelyn Healy Lisa Macdonald (GLW, #139 and #146) has warned, with reason, of aspects of postmodernism which make it a weapon for right-wing ideologues. She also shows that social theories must be challenged on how they work out in practice

Life of Riley

It's a wonderful life Introducing, the one and only mother of us all — perpetually purveying provisions. The lady who gave us life itself — your mum and mine ... yes, it's Gaia! Let's give the old girl a round of applause. Where would

Hospital beds face the chop

Hospital beds face the chop By Seetal Dodd MELBOURNE — The state minister for health, Marie Tehan, and the federal minister for veterans affairs, Con Sciacca have announced the amalgamation of three hospitals in the northern suburbs.

US wavers on Haiti invasion

By Allen Jennings "With the president indicating that the military option is still there, we clearly need to be in a position to be ready, should he ask us," said Pentagon spokesperson Dennis Boxx, justifying the massive United States military