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Big holes in Washington's excuse for terrorism

By Norm Dixon As US President Bill Clinton's justifications for the unprovoked cruise missile attack on the Al-Shifa medicine factory in Sudan on August 20 unravel, the attack is being exposed for what it was: a blatant act of state terrorism. At

Mandatory sentencing targets indigenous people and the poor

By Lisa Macdonald When federal parliament resumes, the Australian Greens plan to introduce a private member's bill to over-ride section 78 of the Northern Territory's Sentencing Act — the mandatory sentencing legislation. This follows the

Lynne Segal: Feminism in the 1990s

While visiting England in June, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's SUJATHA FERNANDES spoke to feminist author and lecturer LYNNE SEGAL, (Is the Future Female, Sex Exposed and Straight Sex), about the state of feminism today. Question: Do you think feminism made

'How many kids have you killed today?'

The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law and Natural JusticeBy Geoff SimonsMacmillan Press, 1998363 pp., $47.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon When asked in 1996 whether the death of a million children in Iraq as a result of six years of US-imposed

Davids workers return to work

By James Vassilopoulos SYDNEY — In a legal victory for the National Union of Workers (NUW), the Federal Court on August 27 ruled that Davids, the wholesale grocer, must reinstate 52 workers sacked from its Silverwater and Blacktown warehouses.

Beattie to 'deprive Aborigines of rights'

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Veteran state Labor MP Jim Fouras has warned the ALP it will deprive Aboriginal people of a "fundamental right to land" if it proceeds with its native title legislation, now before state parliament. Fouras quoted legal

Vote with your feet against racism

Vote with your feet against racism The following call by Resistance for a further nationwide secondary student protest against racism on the Wednesday before the federal election was strongly supported at many of the August 28 rallies. We are told

Koalas in action

By Natalie Stevens SYDNEY — It has become a familiar sight in Sydney: a koala-suited environmentalist on street corners, entertaining and informing the public about the Wilderness Society's campaigns while asking for donations. These fundraisers

Election strategy discussed in Jabiluka campaign

By Sarah Peart On August 21, Energy Resources of Australia's chief executive, Philip Shirvington, announced plans to finalise, before the federal election, contracts for selling uranium mined at Jabiluka in Kakadu National Park. The Jabiluka mine,

Billy Craigie: Gomilaroy warrior

Billy Craigie: Gomilaroy warrior By Lara Pullin Billy Craigie grew up in Gomilaroy country near Moree. He was a Gomilaroy warrior, and last month was laid to rest in a traditional burial. He died of a heart attack at the place he helped to build

ERA hits snag with Jabiluka mine

By Jim Green The federal environment minister, Senator Robert Hill, has rejected a public environment report into the milling of uranium ore from the Jabiluka mine in the Northern Territory. The proposal from Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) was

The Cuban Revolution is still strong

By Barry Sheppard The "special period" that opened in 1989 as the Soviet bloc collapsed has been a major challenge to the Cuban Revolution. Before the 1959 overthrow of the Batista dictatorship, the United States was Cuba's main trading partner.