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The 'Holy Trinity' and the Third World

IMF/World Bank/WTO: The Free Market FiascoEdited by Eric Toussaint and Peter DruckerNotebooks for Study and Research No. 24/25International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)1995. 116 pp., US$8.75Reviewed by Eva Cheng The Free Market Fiasco

Black deaths in custody increasing

By Lisa Macdonald Last year, 22 Aboriginal people died in custody — one and a half times the number reported in the previous year and the highest number since 1987. At least another 16 people have died so far this year. Over the last seven years,

Academics' pay campaign continues

Green Left Weekly's MARCUS GREVILLE spoke to National Tertiary Education and Industry Union member at the University of Sydney Dr DICK BRYAN about the state of the union's campaign for a 15% pay rise. Question: What do you think about the NTEU's

French workers resist the austerity drive

By Sam Wainwright PARIS — From November 8 to 11, the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (LCR), France's largest and most influential far left party, held its decision-making conference here. Green Left Weekly interviewed ALAIN KRIVINE, the

Public workers strike in Venezuela

Public workers strike in Venezuela Tens of thousands of public employees in Venezuela began a four-day national general strike on November 19 to demand payment of a 25% salary increase and transportation and food subsidies decreed by the government

Campus unrest grows in Aotearoa

University campuses around Aotearoa [New Zealand] have been rocked in recent months by a wave of protest at tuition fee hikes. Student anger has spilled over at continual government funding cuts and the willingness of university administrations to

Write on: Letters to the editor

Write on: Letters to the editor Workers' compensation Conservative politicians and the Mineral Council of Australia ask why miners should have special privileges under the proposed NSW Workers' Compensation Act. Miners in NSW have justifiably

Left Alliance and NUS

This letter, by Left Alliance NSW region, is a response to an open letter to Left Alliance distributed by Resistance in NSW and published last week in Green Left Weekly. The Resistance article published in last weeks GLW is a new contribution to

Chinaman's Dam — National Action skulduggery

By Bob Fuge YOUNG — The far-right organisation National Action has brought the race debate to local government in rural NSW. At a special meeting on November 6, Young Shire Council voted to extend a $20,000 loan to its Rotary Club for the purpose

Leadership change in SA Liberals

Leadership change in SA Liberals By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — John Olsen has become the new SA premier following weeks of rumour and unrest in the state Liberal Party. A significant slide in the ratings appears to have prompted the final coup

Little city, big vision

Little CityBased on a story by Daniel Keene and Irine VelaMusic by Irine VelaText by Daniel KeeneLyrics by Irine Vela, Daniel Keene, John Romeril, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis AdvisDirected and designed by Renato CuocoloBrunswick Town Hall,

Deep in the forest, is it equa-table?

EquaProduced by Sadia and Stephen TaylerMercury through PolygramReviewed by Norm Dixon When the promo material recommended Equa with: "If you liked Deep Forest you'll love this", alarm bells rang. You remember the formula: stitch together tunes,