National Action is racist, court rules
By Jessica Rose
ADELAIDE — The leader of National Action, Michael Brander, has lost a defamation action after a magistrate ruled that he is a racist. Brander's claim for damages over a 1995 column by
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East Timor: is a breakthrough looming?
By Max Lane
Speculation on the future of East Timor is rife in Jakarta. There have even been unconfirmed reports that the Habibie-Wiranto military regime may allow East Timorese resistance leader Xanana
By Doug Lorimer
At its 18th congress on January 5-10, the Democratic Socialist Party adopted a document which concluded that China, like Russia and the other former Soviet republics (as well as the former "Communist"-ruled countries of Eastern
Landowners threaten to shut Ok Tedi mine
Landowners near BHP's giant Ok Tedi gold and copper mine have threatened
to close the mine if the Papua New Guinea government does not agree to
review an agreement between the state and landowners by
Australia 'world's best' for nuclear waste dump
By Jim Green
The federal government and the nuclear industry might have hoped the leaked video identifying Australia as the "world's best" site for an international nuclear dump would have made the
Cop of the world
It didn't get a lot of media coverage — being nowhere nearly as interesting
as the ongoing Washington soap opera, Monicagate — but US
President Bill Clinton has proposed an increase in the US government's
military
More cops + more jails = more injustice
By Sue Boland
It has become predictable that state elections begin to resemble an auction, both major parties vying for the title of being the "toughest on crime". The New South Wales election campaign is
MUA rank and file group grows
PERTH — On January 18, the Western Australian Maritime Union of Australia rank-and-file group held a successful general meeting at the Buffalo Club in Fremantle. The turnout of 80 members was double the inaugural
True non-believers
"Just because it's in the agenda doesn't mean it is something we believe in or something we're pushing." — Steven Ciobo, Queensland president of the Young Liberals, after the group's state conference rejected a motion to fine
South Park and capitalism
I totally agree with Alison Dellit's article in Cultural Dissent (GLW #344). South Park is an excellent series. With brilliant humour, and satire which could poke your eyes out from the other side of the street.
Yet
By Lisa Young
The Howard government is trying to push through legislation to cut
junior wages. This is an attack on all workers. Living in Britain for the
past two years, I've experienced first hand the reality of poverty pay.
For many
Wheels for the World
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Next, I want to go to town" — Liu Qiaoling Do you ever get tired of reading, seeing and hearing about bad news? If your answer to that question is yes, please read on. In the hope of doing what I
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