Forrest Gump goes to war
Saving Private RyanDirected by Steven SpielbergWith Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Matt DamonIn major cinemas from August 24 Review by Louis Proyect
The only thing surprising about Saving Private Ryan is how
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Dishonest opportunism in anti-racism campaign
Comment by Nikki Ulasowski
CANBERRA — Socialist Worker, otherwise known as the International Socialist Organisation (ISO), has reprinted the August 28 anti-racism walkout promotional leaflet
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ACOSS and poor people are complaining about a GST on food. But what about multimillionaires? We haven't paid taxes on much of anything for years, and now the government is going to make us (or our companies) pay GST
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — The last hopes held by Russian coal miners in the regime of President Boris Yeltsin, historians may yet decide, expired on August 11 in a potato field south of the Ural Mountains city of Chelyabinsk. That was where some
Western Sydney anti-racism campaign
By Rupen Savoulian
PARRAMATTA — Despite driving rain, about 50 people representing many of western Sydney's migrant communities rallied here on August 22 against racism and the One Nation party. The rally
Resistance: 'Why we are socialists'
By Allen Myers
Resistance, the socialist youth organisation, has become well known in recent weeks for its role in organising actions against racism by secondary students and other young people. Students from
Young socialist to contest federal seat of Canberra
CANBERRA — The Democratic Socialists have announced 23-year-old Nikki Ulasowski as their candidate for the federal electorate of Canberra. Ulasowski is an active environmentalist and campaigner
Student left set for election campaign
By Keara Courtney
SYDNEY — The left — organised in a grouping called Activate! — is set for a strong showing in Students Representative Council elections at the University of Sydney in September.
More budget cuts for schools
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — South Australia's specialised adult re-entry schools are facing cuts of $1 million each year for the next three years. Adult re-entry schools cater for people returning to study, as
Old Indonesian communists still imprisoned
On August 17, justice minister Muladi announced the release from prison of 78-year-old Manan Effendi Tjokroharjo and 80-year-old Alexander Warouw. Both were Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) leaders in
A terrorist state
At 7.15pm on August 20, without warning, a series of massive blasts destroyed the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in the heavily populated northern suburbs of Khartoum, capital of Sudan. The factory's janitor and his family are
These are the favourite web sites of Sean Healy, national coordinator of Resistance, the socialist youth organisation that has organised the high school student demonstrations against racism around the country. Sean's list appeared in the Icon
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