GLW issue 133, published 1994-03-02.

Proceeds to the planet

Alternative NRG Various artists Greenpeace Records through Festival Reviewed by Nick Fredman The Alternative NRG album had its Australian launch on February 15 at Greenpeace's campaign shed in Sydney, with an energetic acoustic set by

Massacre in Hebron: 'Army also fired'

By Reihana Mohideen The Israeli settler who massacred around 50 Palestinian worshippers on the morning of February 25 at the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron, was a well-known leader of Kach, an extreme right-wing Zionist organisation. Wearing a

Why not convert Ford's Homebush plant?

By Paul Oboohov SYDNEY — Ford Australia management on February 9 announced the September closure of its Homebush car assembly plant. This will destroy 430 jobs and leave NSW with no vehicle manufacturer, following the closure of Leyland in the

Enterprise bargaining: is there an alternative?

By Dick Nichols [This is the text of a talk presented at Politics in the Pub in Perth on January 21. Dick Nichols is the editor of Solidarity.] I want to try to explain what I think the alternative to enterprise bargaining is and how to

Further

Australian News

Women win against 'Big Australian'

By Pip Hinman In a landmark victory against sex discrimination, some 700 women who took up the fight against the Big Australian, BHP, have finally won their case. An out-of-court settlement was announced at a press conference in Wollongong on

Resistance clubs in successful O-Week

Resistance clubs in successful O-Week By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Resistance Clubs on campuses all around Brisbane launched a lively year of activity with highly successful Orientation Week stalls and meetings over the middle weeks of

Further Australian News

International News

Refugees at risk in Serbian camps

There is no safe place in Serbia for men refugees refusing to do military service in Bosnia, and perhaps the danger will soon be extended to women. The governments of Serbia and of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia have made an agreement under which the

Borden recalls toxic shipment to South Africa

NEW YORK — Borden Chemicals and Plastics, a limited partnership affiliated with the dairy products conglomerate, on February 18 ordered a shipment of toxic mercury waste returned from South Africa to the Louisiana plant where it was generated,

Further International News

Editorial

Telling it the PNG way

Telling it the PNG way The coverage of the Bougainvillean war for self-determination on Channel Nine's Sunday program, screened on February 20, was just about crude enough to compare with the black and white Pathe newsreel commentary during

Cultural Dissent

Marx and one-sided Marxists

Beyond Capital: Marx's Political Economy of the Working Class By Michael Lebowitz MacMillan, 1992. 187 pp. $30 Reviewed by Roger Clarke This book is an attempt by an "orthodox Marxist" to confront "actually existing Marxism". Michael

Tourism against the blockade

About Us: Socialism or Death SBS TV Wednesday, March 9, 8:30pm (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Roberto Jorquera No-one can deny that the situation the Cuban people face is extremely difficult. But one must put the difficulty into a political

Further Cultural Dissent

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