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Korea in the firing line as Trump鈥檚 UN threats reveal US war drive

US President Donald Trump made the unprecedented threat to 鈥渢otally destroy鈥 North Korea, not in a tweet or off the cuff remark, but in a written speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 20. No other leader of a country has ever stood before the UN and openly stated its intention to destroy another country.聽

Coupled with Trump鈥檚 earlier threat to rain down 鈥渇ire and fury鈥 on North Korea, this threat must be seen as one that at least includes the possibility of a nuclear attack.

Reading between the lines?

Sanctuary By David Williamson A Playbox production Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf 2 Theatre Reviewed by Helen Jarvis "David Williamson's latest play is a remarkable work because, in one sitting, it helps us to read between the lines. It

The struggle for peace in Guatemala

There are many Guatemalan refugees living in Mexico, most illegally. Many are activists who live in fear of the Guatemalan army and secret police and the Mexican authorities. "Manuel" spoke to 麻豆传媒 Weekly's ROBYN MARSHALL in March, and

A proletarian novel

A proletarian novel The Heart On It By Barry Hines Michael Joseph 1994, 280 pp., $29.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The proletarian novel lives on. Barry Hines, the novelist from a Yorkshire mining village, takes us to the coal pit

Gay liberation and the meaning of Stonewall

June 1994 marked the 25th anniversary of the riots sparked by police raids on New York's Stonewall Inn. These demonstrations signalled the rise of a radical movement for lesbian and gay liberation. RODNEY CROOME of the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian

Israeli occupation provokes Gaza clash

By Jenny Long The confrontation between Palestinian workers and Israeli soldiers at the Erez checkpoint on July 17, described by the Jerusalem Times as the "revolution of the hungry" has highlighted the desperate need for real change in the

Life of Riley: Party On, Dave.

Party On, Dave. I'm a party person. I like to enrich my calendar with the occasional rage. If there's a turn on somewhere, I'll be there 鈥 usually in the kitchen in close proximity to the refrigerator. Although my tipple has changed over the

'Stop lying about East Timor'

On July 13, the United Nations Committee on Decolonisation met in New York and received submissions from a range of human rights, solidarity and Timorese groups on East Timor. The following is an abridged version of the submission from Maureen

Radio highlights

That's History 鈥 Holding On To Our Culture: The Sikhs in Northern NSW 鈥 Banana growing in the Coffs Harbour area is dominated by Sikh people who originally came from Punjab. Many of these people have grandparents who settled in Australia before

Hiroshima Day commemorated

By Tom Kelly The 49th anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima was commemorated in a number of Australian cities on August 6. The occasion served to highlight the threat to humanity and the environment posed

Rwanda: a crisis made in France

Rwanda formally won independence from Belgium in 1962. Since then the country has been run by neo-colonial puppet governments financed and armed along divide-and-rule lines first by Belgium and, from 1975, by France. DAVID DORWARD, Director of the

Loose cannons

Count ourselves lucky? "Even though we ended up with a boom and a recession which followed ... it could have been catastrophic." Paul Keating explaining how the ALP's skills in managing economic policy avoided hardship and economic turmoil.