Michael Karadjis

  • Olympic 'victory' brings little joy

    ATHENS, September 6 — While 10,000 Athenians waved flags and honked horns outside parliament at the news that Athens would stage the 2004 Olympics, the mood could hardly be described as overwhelming. Compared to events such

  • Greek teachers and students fight back

    ATHENS — Thousands of teachers and students blocked the city on September 4 in the first action of what promises to be a long campaign against the government's education "poly legislation". The centrepiece of this

  • Revolution in Albania

    Revolution in AlbaniaA people's power revolution is taking place in Albania, where a furious plundered people have taken up arms against the thieving, US-backed regime of Sali Berisha. The rebellion began with a

  • Massive protests shake Serbian regime

    For weeks on end, hundreds of thousands of people have daily poured into the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade, demanding that the ruling party of Slobodan Milosevic recognise the victory of the opposition Zajedno

  • Left revival in Greek elections

    While the victory of the "new image" PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) of Costas Simitis in the September 22 elections confirmed and deepened Greeces capitalist integration into Europe and the Maastricht Treaty, the

  • Greece ends attempt to crush Macedonia

    The US-sponsored negotiations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, resulting in the September 12 interim accord, began before Greece lifted its embargo on the neighbouring state.

  • War in Bosnia and the Australian left

    The war in Bosnia seems to be causing widespread confusion on the left. To cite a few examples, a wildly inaccurate article in the June 7 issue of the Guardian claimed that the US and other Western powers

  • Racist hysteria follows Newman murder

    English migrant Bernadette Wallace was stabbed to death in her home during a "home invasion" on August 20. The killers were described by her husband as having "short blond hair". On September 5, the state ALP member for

  • Greek CP, leftists oppose chauvinist campaign

    The impression that Greeks are unanimously behind the Greek government in its campaign against Macedonia has been widely fostered in Australia, by both the Greek media and the establishment media. The reality is vastly

  • Macedonia: what the Greek government tries to hide

    When the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia declared independence in 1991, it appeared to most a simple matter of self-determination. A referendum endorsed it, and the majority of the people in the state have long called

  • Vasili Manikakis

    Vasili ManikakisFamily, friends the Greek community and the entire progressive movement suffered a tragic loss on February 28 with the death of Vasili Manikakis in Athens, where he had been living

  • Bosnia: who are the guilty parties?

    Two million Bosnians have been driven from their homes, and hundreds of thousands are dead. Ninety per cent of Bosnia is under occupation by militias sponsored by Serbia and Croatia which openly aim to split the