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An Easter feast of diversity

An Easter feast of diversity By Jane Salmon CANBERRA — The National Folk Festival at Easter was a feast of diversity that you don't have to be feral to enjoy. Traditional peasant dances and medieval reenactments competed with bagpipes and

An obnoxious policy

By Jonathan Singer The two April 11 NSW Sunday papers carried the same screaming headline: "Invaded". What was the force and intent of this invasion? At last count, 59 people, sailing in a rusty tugboat, had apparently run aground in northern NSW.

The wrong weapons to defeat imperialism

Comment by Allen Myers The US/NATO military assault on Serbia represents a significant escalation of the attempt by the US and its allies to establish their role as "cops of the world". The war is intended, not only to strengthen the imperialists'

Roxby Downs expansion to cause irreparable damage

Roxby Downs expansion to cause irreparable damage By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — On March 26, the $1.9 billion expansion of Western Mining Corporation's (WMC) Roxby Downs mine in the north of South Australia was launched by Prime Minister John Howard.

What is the KLA?

Women in revolutionary movements

Women in revolutionary movements By Maureen Sexton ADELAIDE — Inspired by International Women's Day, women members of Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean organised an event on April 9 on the topic of women in

Looking Out: Devilishly clever

Devilishly clever By Brandon Astor Jones "Sarcasm ... [is] in general, the language of the Devil ... I have long since denounced it." — Thomas Carlyle Carlyle's words seem appropriate her. While we all have our own opinion about what is, or is

The day the war ends in Kosova

The day the war ends in Kosova The day the war ends in Kosova will be a great day for all Slavs. A new age of peace will return to the Balkans, and our television sets will resume normal programming. Unfortunately, as so often happens in war,

Liberal and Labor cover-up: terror in Timor

Liberal and Labor cover-up: terror in Timor By Rohan Pearce and Nikki Ulasowski As Indonesian-sponsored militias create chaos throughout East Timor and the Indonesian government threatens to send East Timorese Resistance leader Xanana Gusmao back

Plans for socialist activist conference

Plans for socialist activist conference SYDNEY — Marxism in the New Millennium, organised by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, is a conference to discuss issues for socialist activists in various campaigns, socialist solutions to the

Western hypocrisy hit

Western hypocrisy hit By Martin Iltis MELBOURNE — A speak-out against the Balkans war on April 9 was chaired by Resistance organiser Kerryn Williams, who explained that the United States and other Western powers are hypocritical when they claim

Stop the NATO bombing!

Stop the NATO bombing! The war in Kosova, Serbia and Montenegro is a central political issue worldwide. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly believes the fundamental action needed is a halt to NATO's bombing. NATO is an alliance of the European imperialist powers