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ARGENTINA: 'The political debate has moved to the left'

A month ago, Argentina was a symbol of the disaster of the free market. But Argentina today is the symbol of something else: the hope of a better future. In mid-December, ordinary Argentinians said "no" to the misery of a system run by bankers and

INDONESIA: New economic crisis looming

BY MAX LANE The Indonesian economy is in a truly parlous state. The combined public and private foreign debt is US$150 billion, standing at 110% of GDP, and more than 40% of the government's revenues are devoted to interest payments on foreign

Write on: Letters to the editor

Share ownership Alison Dellit (GLW #474) is correct to highlight Mark Latham's proposal to subsidise first share purchases. Latham's scheme would be available to people on twice the median taxable income and, unless regulations prevented it,

Pakistan socialists oppose war

Excerpts from a December 31 statement issued by Farooq Tariq, general secretary of Labour Party Pakistan: A real war could erupt between the two nuclear powers, Pakistan and India ... both countries are speaking the war language ... initial steps

A gripping tale of mighty class struggle

Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican RevolutionBy Frank McLynnPimlico, 2001459 pages, $38 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON It was an extraordinary moment in Mexico's history. In elegant teahouses in Mexico City, startled young waitresses

US role whitewashed

Holy War Inc: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin LadenBy Peter L. BergenWeidenfeld & Nicholson, 2001$29.95 REVIEWED BY CHRIS SLEE Despite serious limitations, Peter Bergen's Holy War Inc. is a useful biography of Osama bin Laden. While Bergen

Museworthy: Millions of Secrets

Last year the governmentCreated 6.8 million secretsRoughly the same numberAs the previous yearBut that doesn't take into accountThe effects of the warSaid an annual reportIssued yesterday I promised I would never tellBut they cut offA man's balls

AFGHANISTAN: Why Washington needs 'evil Elvis'

BY NORM DIXON At every turn since the fall of Kabul and Kandahar, Washington has justified its prolonged bombing and steadily increased military presence in Afghanistan and surrounding countries with claims that the US military's sophisticated

Australia does not help refugees most in need

BY SARAH STEPHEN Immigration minister Philip Ruddock takes great offence at the labeling of Australia's refugee policy as racist and discriminatory. In particular, Ruddock takes offence at criticism of the government's crackdown on people trying to

KASHMIR: Nuclear rivals prepare for war

BY EVA CHENG Riding on the back of US President George Bush's "war on terrorism", the Hindu fundamentalist Indian regime led by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan's military dictator General Pervez Musharraf are massing troops along

New abortion law adopted in Tasmania

BY SARAH CLEARY HOBART — Abortion services suspended in Tasmanian public hospitals in November 2001 have not yet resumed, despite a pre-Christmas emergency sitting of state parliament to resolve the crisis. The services were withdrawn following

ZIMBABWE: Women and the fight against HIV/AIDS

Green Left Weekly's SARAH STEPHEN spoke to TAFADZWA CHOTO, national coordinator of Zimbabwe's International Socialist Organisation, about the issue of HIV/AIDS when she was in Australia in October. Zimbabwe has the highest level of HIV infection