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America's vengeful Vietnam fantasies

REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Vietnam and Other American FantasiesBy H. Bruce FranklinUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 2000256 pp, $59.95 (hb) Elvis is alive and living in Los Angeles. Our planet is regularly visited by extraterrestrial beings who

'S11 spirit' boosts DSP

BY JACKIE LYNCH& AMANDA PEARSON MELBOURNE — Fifty members and supporters of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance celebrated the opening of the DSP Melbourne northeast branch's new Resistance Centre on busy High Street, Northcote, on

KOREA: Daewoo struggle seeks international support

BY IGGY KIM PARIS — A delegation from the Daewoo Workers' Joint Struggle Committee arrived here on February 23 to internationalise their current struggle against the bankrupt South Korean automobile manufacturer. The delegation is made up of Yu

KENYA: Another challenge to drug monopolies

BY NORM DIXON Following the lead of Brazil and South Africa, Kenya announced on March 6 that it plans to relax its patent laws to enable its population to buy cheaper drugs to fight HIV/AIDS. Health minister Sam Ongeri said he would introduce a

Students resist repression to rally against racism

BY JACQUI THOMAS & SAM KING ADELAIDE — High school students have defied an attempt to prevent them attending a demonstration during school hours against One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. While one student, Resistance member Jess Griffin,

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,

Non-profit abortion clinic closes

BY ANTHEA STUTTER HOBART — The announcement on the eve of International Women's Day that the Women's Health Foundation (Abortion Clinic) will be closing has raised questions about the ongoing access of women in Tasmania to necessary health care.

EUROPEAN UNION: Blair and Amato lead attack on UN refugee convention

BY ALISON DELLIT "In all that we do, we will honour our obligation to provide protection for those fleeing persecution. We must not allow such tragic loss of life to continue." With this blatant lie British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Italian

Democrats and Greens: parties of protest or part of the establishment?

BY SUE BOLAND The Democrats' leadership battle between current leader Senator Meg Lees and challenger Senator Natasha Stott Despoja was sparked by the party's poor results in the recent Western Australian and Queensland state elections where they

The players

The real power in global financial markets rests with "institutional investors", the professional speculators: Commercial banks: The traditional big boys of the financial world, commercial banks' basic business is retail: to pay depositors less

EAST TIMOR: Debate over Constituent Assembly election process

BY VANYA TANAJA DILI — The "Draft Regulation on the Election of a Constituent Assembly to draft the Constitution of an Independent and Democratic East Timor" was presented to East Timor's National Council by the United Nations Transitional

Socialist Alliance launch announced

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — Representatives of the International Socialist Organisation, Democratic Socialist Party, Freedom Socialist Party, Workers' Liberty, Workers' Power, Socialist Democracy, the Progressive Labor Party and the Worker