GLW issue 578, published 2004-04-07.

TAIWAN: DPP and KMT - tweedledum and tweedledee?

Eva Cheng After five decades of mostly military rule by the Nationalist Party (KMT), a former lawyer and member of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — Chen Shui-bian — won Taiwan's second ever presidential election by

News briefs

PERTH — One thousand people rallied in Perth on March 27 to demonstrate their outrage at the assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin by the Israeli military. The rally, organised by the Muslim community, called for a peaceful

Victoria under Bracks

Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne If any Victorian trade unionist had an inkling that Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government would deliver a half way decent deal for workers, they would, by now be sadly disappointed. With the current round of enterprise

Terrorism v state terror

Rohan Pearce In the imperialist countries such as Australia, people are conditioned to react differently to the violence of the oppressed and the oppressor. So, for example, the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid claimed some 200 lives and the

Further

Australian News

CPSU adopted ACTU 'criminal conduct' policy

Terry Costello, Melbourne The March 25-28 national council meeting of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) adopted the ACTU executive's "criminal conduct policy" resolution with only two votes against. The resolution was motivated by ACTU

Answers demanded about Ranger contamination

Jon Lamb, Darwin Ranger uranium mine workers, along with the residents of Jabiru and the traditional owners of Kakadu, remain deeply concerned about the recent contamination of drinking water and water systems surrounding the mine. The mine was

Further Australian News

International News

SOUTH AFRICA: Khanya College fights eviction

Mondli Hlatshwayo, Johannesburg Khanya College, one of South Africa's leading left-wing labour movement support organisations, and the Workers Library are fighting attempts to evict them from their historic premises in Johannesburg's Newtown arts

SOUTH AFRICA: The frustrating decade of freedom

Patrick Bond, Johannesburg On April 27, 1994, the racist apartheid system was smashed. One person, one-vote democracy and deracialisation of government was achieved as a result of the mass struggle conducted largely under the 72-year long

Further International News

Cultural Dissent

Fishing the sea dry

The Wide Blue RoadDirected by Gillo PontecorvoWritten by With Yves Montand and Alida ValliAvailable on Region 1 DVD only, US$27. REVIEW BY LOUIS PROYECT In a remote and picturesque fishing village on an island off the coast of southern Italy,

A horribly funny tragedy

Reviewd by Sarah Stephen CMI — A Certain Maritime IncidentDevised by version 1.0 and the Department of Performance Studies, Sydney UniversityPerformance Space, 199 Cleveland St RedfernUntil April 11 CMI is very impressive theatre — a

Further Cultural Dissent

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