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Call for armed struggle against Kabila

By Norm Dixon Supporters of the leader of the Kinshasa-based establishment "opposition", Etienne Tshisekedi, have called for armed struggle against the government of Laurent Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo

Mental health and social control

Mental health and social control By Jane Marni Surely"mental health" means more than just being sedated. Perhaps this sounds harsh, but these are the treatments in current therapies, supported by the stereotyped image of what someone with a

Action updates

ANU staff take action CANBERRA — Australian National University academic and general staff held rolling strikes and picketed all schools and faculties last week as part of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union campaign

Chinese workers defend right to work

Chinese workers defend right to work By Eva Cheng Seven Hong Kong-based organisations have called for international solidarity with the estimated 100,000 workers in Mianyang, in the Chinese province of Sichuan, who protested for days in

...and ain't i a woman: 'Bollocks' that men are oppressed!

'Bollocks' that men are oppressed!'Bollocks' that men are oppressed! The latest edition of the University of Queensland student newspaper, Semper, has caused some controversy. With its tacky leopard skin cover, Semper's men's edition hit

Life of Riley: Mr Pot is alive and well and living in Thredbo

Mr Pot is alive and well and living in Thredbo You shoulda been there. Who would have thought that beneath tons of rubble and amid the nighttime chill, someone could survive. Rescue workers have been labouring all day and all night on the

Racist violence in One Nation's Frankston launch

ice MELBOURNE — More than 150 people loudly protested outside the Frankston meeting of the One Nation party on August 6. The protesters represented a cross-section of the community and outnumbered the mainly older, mainly male One Nation

Victorian public housing gets meaner

By Helen Cunningham MELBOURNE — One of the better features of the current public housing system is the human face provided by tenant support workers and public housing officers. Changes proposed by the Kennett government to public housing

Marx vs Keynes on immigration

By Greg Ogle Previous articles in Green Left have pointed out that immigration does not cause our chronic unemployment level. The consensus of academic literature, government and even business reports is that there is no relation between levels

Loose cannons

March of progress "Forbes reports in its July 28 issue that it limited the list of billionaires this year to the top 200 because the rapid rise of the global economy and stock markets has produced nearly 500 billionaires worldwide. There were

Multiple attacks on working women

By Jennifer Thompson The federal government's budget cuts and changes to industrial relations are nudging women out of public life and back into a traditional family care role, charges a non-government submission to the UN Commission on the

Uniting Church discusses sexuality

By Barry Healy The Uniting Church Assembly, the churchs highest decision making body, met in Perth for a week beginning on July 5. While the assembly took strong positions in support of Aboriginal rights, it was the discussion around the report