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Loose cannons

Deaf man walking "I have not heard a word of criticism from anyone about the way Kim Beazley campaigned over the last five weeks." — ALP national secretary Gary Walsh. To inspire hope among the Liberals "Inspiring hope is often difficult, but

Organise labour hire, unionist urges

BY LIAM MITCHELL SYDNEY — If unions hope to really represent working people, they have to break into, regulate and organise the labour hire sector, militant union leader Craig Johnston told a gathering on November 13. Fresh from marching in an

Why this is a racist war

BY CHRIS LATHAM Recently at an anti-war rally in Perth, I was asked by another participant "is it really a racist war?" George Bush, Tony Blair and their bellicose supporters in Australia, John Howard and Kim Beazley, have argued that the bombing

AFGHANISTAN: How the US put Taliban in power

BY YACOV BEN EFRAT Until recently, the name "Afghanistan" had an exotic ring to many, but not to US policy-makers. For a decade (1979-1989) they backed the Afghan war against the Soviet Union, contributing to the latter's collapse. The new world

Looking out: Misery

Misery "Some people know how to be people. They do not have to go to school for it. They are just naturally good at it." — Irving Elmer Bell. At Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, those general population prisoners who have the

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for

The left's vote on November 10

BY PETER BOYLE While the Howard Coalition government was returned with a comfortable majority of seats in the November 10 federal election, there was a significant shift of votes to the left of the traditional parties. This shift was driven by

'The Greens is an activist party'

One of the few bright spots of the federal elections was the strong showing of the Greens, and one of their best performances was by Pamela Curr, the coordinator of the anti-sweatshop group Fairwear and a highly respected activist, who polled 15.8%

and ain't i a woman?: Military misogyny

The rape and sexual assault of women is often used as a weapon of war. There is a connection between military bases and increased sexual assaults on women. Since 1972, there have been hundreds of reported attacks on women, in some cases on women as

Write on: Letters to the editor

Israel I welcome Philip Mendes' reply (Write On, GLW #471) to my letter in GLW #470. I would suggest he read my letter again. He has tried to confuse my attitude toward the Israeli state with my attitude toward individual Jews in Israel.

Senate refugee inquiry inadequate

No other country in the world has gone to such lengths to close its borders to those fleeing repression and terror than Australia has. No other country turns back leaky fishing boats packed with hundreds of asylum seekers and refuses to take

Museworthy: The Natives Came Bearing Gifts

They placed on a growing heapAll the goods they had broughtLater we would each takeWhat we wanted Rosario BaluyotPosthumously famousTen years oldEyes blue as eyeshadowRaw mouthSplit like a tomatoBody not cookedBreasts just starting to riseNo