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The big bad Australian: BHP's worldwide record

The big bad Australian: BHP's worldwide record By Jon Land BHP, Australia's biggest company, achieved international notoriety on May 4, 1994, when landowners surrounding the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea launched a $4

From the 'Islamic personality' to nationalism and back again

By Adam Hanieh RAMALLAH — In recent years, the Islamic movement in Palestine, represented by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, has become the most prominent target of the Israeli government and imperialist leaders worldwide. Responsibility for suicide

Eighty years later, Russians want socialism

Eighty years later, Russians want socialism By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Eighty years ago, on November 7, Petrograd workers and soldiers under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party swept into oblivion a government whose continued

Smooth melodies

Smooth melodies And So It Goes ... CD by Steve TilstonDistributed by Flying Fish through Festival Review by Alex Bainbridge Steve Tilston is a British folk singer who recently toured parts of Australia. His latest CD, And So It Goes ..., is

Exposing the myth that migrants take 'our' jobs

Exposing the myth that migrants take 'our' jobs By Chris Slee The idea that immigration contributes to unemployment is very widespread. Pauline Hanson blames migrants for unemployment (along with crime, drugs, disease and just about every

Perth to celebrate 300 issues of GLW

Perth to celebrate 300 issues of GLW PERTH — Plans are under way to welcome the 300th issue of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly with an all day fiesta on November 29, including a banquet and live music. Mark Abberton, an organiser of the fiesta, said it

NTEU council plans campaigns

NTEU council plans campaigns In October, the national council of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union met to discuss future directions, campaigns and policies. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's JEREMY SMITH spoke to CAROLYN ALLPORT, federal

Jet trails may change global climate

Jet trails may change global climate By Dr Claire Gilbert Jet planes leave behind vapour condensation trails called "contrails" which often stay in the sky for many hours and spread out to become icy cirrus clouds. They are not as innocent

Social Security

Social Security I work the phones and everydayhear how the country is going to the dogs,but bastards like me wouldn't know about that,would I?"It's disgusting, it's a disgrace,I want action, I want the ministeronto my case.What do you people

Howard's policies: 'worst attack on the environment in 30 years'

Dr TIM DOYLE is a founding member of the Environment Institute of Australia, founding president of the Ecopolitics Society, a founding member and current secretary of the Ecopolitical Association of Australasia and a member of the Political Studies

Russian labour's autumn of discontent

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Unpaid in many cases for months, large numbers of Russian workers are spoiling for a fight. After record-setting levels of labour struggles during the first half of 1997, there has been a renewed rise in the autumn.

CPSU members rally to defend conditions

CPSU members rally to defend conditions By Paul Oboohov CANBERRA — A majority of Community and Public Sector Union members in the ACT last week voted for lunchtime rallies on November 28 to oppose the Howard government's attacks on public