The events in Los Angeles have exposed a deep rot in United States society, festering on racism and a growing polarisation between rich and poor. The "American dream" of democracy, decent living standards and peace has become a nightmare of
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By Frank Noakes PERTH — The Musicians' Union here has embarked on a campaign which, if successful, could bring major changes to the appalling conditions of employment most musicians are now forced to endure. The campaign, endorsed by the
Green shopping service SYDNEY — "Green consumers, not governments or corporations, will ultimately be the saviours of our planet", says Tim Walsh, manager of a new green home shopping service. According to Walsh, Greendoor Ecological Shopping
British voters reject 'electable' Labour As in Australia, the conventional "wisdom" in Britain is that Labour has a chance of winning only with conservative candidates and policies. In an article from the British socialist, ISIDOROS DIAKIDES
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In the first warm days of spring, workers in the capital took the chance offered by the May Day holiday to head for the countryside — the lucky ones to stay in their cottages or dig their garden plots, others to
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — An important breakthrough, it seemed, was about to occur in the fight to defend Russian workers. On May 1, the back-to-Brezhnev Trudovaya Rossiya ("Toiling Russia") bloc was not the only formation calling its
Benetton boycott called By Darryl O'Donnell BRISBANE — The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) demonstrated outside the Benetton clothing chain last week, claiming that Benetton was profiteering from images of people with AIDS. An
Malaysian threat to Bougainville By Norm Dixon Moses Havini, the Bougainville Interim Government's representative in Australia, has condemned Malaysia's decision to provide military aid and counter-insurgency training to the PNG Defence
By Peter Annear BUDAPEST — With CNN and Skynews broadcasts booming in 24 hours a day, the citizens of Budapest — and most of eastern Europe — have now seen with their own eyes the quality of life in the United States. Many here were glued
By Nick Fredman There is renewed debate over the nature of the National Union of Students — whether it a useful instrument of struggle or another device for the ALP to co-opt a movement. NUS office bearers and delegates are dominated by two
Get Australia working By Dr John Tomlinson Federally, Labor came to power at the height of the 1982-83 recession. During the period it has been in office, unemployment has never dropped below 6% and has averaged 9%. This has been a disaster
By Nora Richardson Bobby Sands was born in March 1954 in Newtownabbey, a Unionist area. His first introduction to violence came when he was six. The Unionists found out that the family was both Catholic and Nationalist — and so started the
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