By Sue Boland
The opposition to the GST, 58% against according to opinion polls, is being reflected in the angry letters flooding newspapers condemning the deal between the Australian Democrats and the federal government. Newspaper editors appear
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By Norm Dixon
African-American film-maker Spike Lee, famous for his film version of the life story of Malcolm X, retains the aura of a "progressive". That aura has dimmed somewhat with his decision to help the US military recruit young black people
Peace demonstrators defy the madness
By Farooq Sulehria
LAHORE, Pakistan — Following India's nuclear blast on May 11, 1998, Pakistan's ruling elite created the impression that there was a national consensus about going nuclear. It was not so;
The following is abridged from a statement issued by the independent trade union federation NEZAVISNOST in Belgrade on April 29 to mark May Day, May 1. During the Bosnia war, Nezavisnost, which claims 300,000 members in Serbia, joined with other
Multiculturalism
By Suriyankumaran, Gaetano Greco and Michael Cooke
In GLW #348 Iggy Kim posed the rhetorical question "Does multiculturalism defend migrant rights?". The answer is, not very well. For all the improvements, "racism continues to
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — The privatisation of the Electricity Trust of South Australia looks certain to go ahead following ALP legislative councillor Trevor Crothers' announcement on June 3 that he has come to an agreement with Liberal
On May 28, about 400 members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) at East Swanson Dock terminal met for eight hours and discussed the enterprise bargaining offer by P&O Ports, which is designed to match the changes implemented by Patrick
Freedom of association
SYDNEY — The May 27 Sydney Morning Herald reported that the federal government hastily dropped a plan to allow employers to sack workers for being union members after the paper asked the office of industrial relations
By Norm Dixon
Whatever direction NATO's attack on former Yugoslavia takes in coming weeks — either a ground war or a deal that ends the bombing — there is one group of people who cannot lose — United States capitalists. On May 20, the US
Pelican Point campaign continues
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — Opponents of the proposed power station at Pelican Point on the Le Fevre Peninsula are continuing their campaign, despite the determination of the state Liberal government to push
Creative reading
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke and Bacon were only young men in libraries
Like a dog to a hydrant
"The West Australian Democrats leader, MLC Ms Helen Hodgson ... said ... [the Democrats' GST deal with the federal government] gave 'a leg up to the poor'." — Sydney Morning Herald, May 31.
Opportunity knocks
"Billions
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