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Korea in the firing line as Trump’s UN threats reveal US war drive

US President Donald Trump made the unprecedented threat to “totally destroy” North Korea, not in a tweet or off the cuff remark, but in a written speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 20. No other leader of a country has ever stood before the UN and openly stated its intention to destroy another country. 

Coupled with Trump’s earlier threat to rain down “fire and fury” on North Korea, this threat must be seen as one that at least includes the possibility of a nuclear attack.

Bougainville war crimes inquiry

Bougainville war crimes inquiry By Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — The citizens-initiated Bougainville War Crimes Inquiry was held here on August 1 during the 25th South Pacific Conference to draw attention to Australia's approval of Papua New

Car workers begin national strike

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Twenty five thousand workers employed in South Africa's car assembly industry have begun a national strike in support a 12% wage increase and the elimination of apartheid wage differentials. Speaking on August

Labor's privatisation plans under pressure

By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Two thousand five hundred people rallied in Brisbane's King George Square to protest the privatisation of public enterprises on August 4. Ian McLean, former state president of the Queensland ALP and secretary of

The struggle for peace in Guatemala

There are many Guatemalan refugees living in Mexico, most illegally. Many are activists who live in fear of the Guatemalan army and secret police and the Mexican authorities. "Manuel" spoke to Green Left Weekly's ROBYN MARSHALL in March, and

Reading between the lines?

Sanctuary By David Williamson A Playbox production Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf 2 Theatre Reviewed by Helen Jarvis "David Williamson's latest play is a remarkable work because, in one sitting, it helps us to read between the lines. It

A proletarian novel

A proletarian novel The Heart On It By Barry Hines Michael Joseph 1994, 280 pp., $29.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The proletarian novel lives on. Barry Hines, the novelist from a Yorkshire mining village, takes us to the coal pit

Gay liberation and the meaning of Stonewall

June 1994 marked the 25th anniversary of the riots sparked by police raids on New York's Stonewall Inn. These demonstrations signalled the rise of a radical movement for lesbian and gay liberation. RODNEY CROOME of the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian

Israeli occupation provokes Gaza clash

By Jenny Long The confrontation between Palestinian workers and Israeli soldiers at the Erez checkpoint on July 17, described by the Jerusalem Times as the "revolution of the hungry" has highlighted the desperate need for real change in the

'Stop lying about East Timor'

On July 13, the United Nations Committee on Decolonisation met in New York and received submissions from a range of human rights, solidarity and Timorese groups on East Timor. The following is an abridged version of the submission from Maureen

Life of Riley: Party On, Dave.

Party On, Dave. I'm a party person. I like to enrich my calendar with the occasional rage. If there's a turn on somewhere, I'll be there — usually in the kitchen in close proximity to the refrigerator. Although my tipple has changed over the

Radio highlights

That's History — Holding On To Our Culture: The Sikhs in Northern NSW — Banana growing in the Coffs Harbour area is dominated by Sikh people who originally came from Punjab. Many of these people have grandparents who settled in Australia before