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Korea in the firing line as Trump鈥檚 UN threats reveal US war drive

US President Donald Trump made the unprecedented threat to 鈥渢otally destroy鈥 North Korea, not in a tweet or off the cuff remark, but in a written speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 20. No other leader of a country has ever stood before the UN and openly stated its intention to destroy another country.聽

Coupled with Trump鈥檚 earlier threat to rain down 鈥渇ire and fury鈥 on North Korea, this threat must be seen as one that at least includes the possibility of a nuclear attack.

Radio highlights

That's History 鈥 Holding On To Our Culture: The Sikhs in Northern NSW 鈥 Banana growing in the Coffs Harbour area is dominated by Sikh people who originally came from Punjab. Many of these people have grandparents who settled in Australia before

Hiroshima Day commemorated

By Tom Kelly The 49th anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima was commemorated in a number of Australian cities on August 6. The occasion served to highlight the threat to humanity and the environment posed

Loose cannons

Count ourselves lucky? "Even though we ended up with a boom and a recession which followed ... it could have been catastrophic." Paul Keating explaining how the ALP's skills in managing economic policy avoided hardship and economic turmoil.

Rwanda: a crisis made in France

Rwanda formally won independence from Belgium in 1962. Since then the country has been run by neo-colonial puppet governments financed and armed along divide-and-rule lines first by Belgium and, from 1975, by France. DAVID DORWARD, Director of the

Edward Scissorhands does Bladerunner 鈥 badly!

Edward Scissorhands does Bladerunner 鈥 badly! The Crow Directed by Alex Proyas Reviewed by Graham Matthews The Crow could have been a darkly disturbing film, chronicling the decay of the slightly futuristic inner city, in the style of

A worthy but confused attempt at exploring feminism

Fundamental Feminism By Judith Grant Routledge 1994 Distributed by the Law Book Company Limited 226 pp., $32.95 (pbk) Reviewed by Carla Gorton Judith Grant has embarked on a worthwhile endeavour. She offers a critical exploration of the

Thousands of dollars raised for Cuba

Thousands of dollars raised for Cuba By Eliseo Balcazar and Scott Lewington MELBOURNE 鈥 Four hundred and fifty people attended a July 30 celebration commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. The event, organised by the

ANC slams government inertia on environment

ANC Environment Desk chief Tami Sokutu has slammed his party for going back on its environmental promises, saying that those in power appear to want a weak, limited and ineffective ministry and department of the environment. "Before the

PNG environmentalists reject logging plans

PNG environmentalists reject logging plans By Freya Pinney On August 12, the PNG government will consider a Timber Supply Agreement (TSA) proposal. Ursula Rakova, spokesperson for a 14-strong delegation from the Papua New Guinea National

Independent challenges Labor in Williamstown

Independent challenges Labor in Williamstown By Bayardo Rodriguez MELBOURNE 鈥 "Our central aim is to highlight the need to reverse the effects of the last decade of federal and state Labor policies on the west. The ALP's policies of

Write on

Women and violence Your cover story (GLW #153) "Violence Against Women: debate over strategy" by Kath Gelber disturbs me. From all the reports I have heard, the situation regarding violence against women is presently a worst case scenario