Starting with him
"Mr Howard said Australians needed to 'throw out those things that are not working' ..." — Sydney Morning Herald May 24.
Depends what you're negotiating
"You don't lose your principles just because you negotiate with the
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Useful ammunition for activists
Dollars for Death: Why the uranium mining and nuclear industry must be stoppedResistance Books, 199964pp., $4.95 Review by Rjurik Davidson
Activists protesting against the Jabiluka uranium mine are under attack
It is ironic that on the day the Business Review Weekly released its Rich 200 list, the Australian Democrats and the Coalition agreed on a GST deal to make those on the list even richer.
Australia's richest tycoons increased their wealth by $9
Capitalism puts its own edge on the 'netwar'
The Zapatista Social Netwar in MexicoBy David Ronfeldt, John Arquilla, Graham E. Fuller and Melissa FullerRand Corporation, 1998, $15Also available at
Sorry Day: no healing without justice
Comment by Margaret Allum
May 26 was the first anniversary of Sorry Day, a day to mark the
plight of the “stolen generations”: For most of this century (until the
early 1970s in some states) the
Giving the Democrats a serve
For many years, callers looking for the Australian Democrats have rung the Democratic Socialist Party after being given its number by directory assistance. Usually, DSP activists tell the confused callers that the
By Alex Bainbridge
DAVID BENIUK is an accomplished musician who frequently plays benefits for progressive causes. More than that, he is a songwriter who writes honestly about what he sees and thus creates some of the best political music I have
NATO's 'humanitarian' war: it's a lie
By Kerryn Williams
As the NATO bombing of the Balkans enters its third month, NATO's "humanitarian" smokescreen is thinning rapidly. The civilian casualty figures are rising, while Slobodan Milosevic's
Enemies of the Indonesian people
By Max Lane
The first week of the Indonesian election campaign has been characterised by mobilisations of the hundreds of thousands of people organised by Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a great time to be alive? It would be very difficult to be bored right now wouldn't it? At this precise moment of historical time, I mean. What with a bang up shootin' war courtesy of Bill Clinton and NATO, 50
Tasmanian budget fails health and child-care
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Rising gambling tax revenues and a 5% levy on household electricity bills allowed the Tasmanian ALP government to boost some public spending and deliver a budget with a surplus
Trade union solidarity with East Timor
By Neil Everley
BRISBANE — The Queensland branch of the Australian Council of Trade
Unions organised a broad public meeting here on May 27 to support the right
of East Timorese to a vote in
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