Peter Boyle

  • Democratic Socialists: End the arms embargo!

    Democratic Socialists: End the arms embargo!The United Nations should lift the arms embargo on Bosnia, turn over the weapons of the UN "peacekeepers" to the government of Bosnia and get out of the country,

  • Why be a Leninist?

    April 22 is the 125th anniversary of the birth of the leader of the Russian Revolution, V.I. Lenin. In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is increased debate over Lenin's contribution to the movement for

  • Ramos forced to suspend oil price rise

    In the face of escalating protests, the Ramos government of the Philippines was forced to suspend an unpopular oil price rise on February 7. This followed a week of militant protests and the formation of the

  • Philippines left in new upsurge

    MANILA — Arrests and murders of Philippines leftists have increased in recent weeks. This is the response of the Ramos government and armed forces as they have come to realise that the left has been revitalised by

  • 'Middle Australia' meets the recession

    The establishment press celebrated "middle Australia" on October 30. The Australian Institute of Family Studies, they happily reported, had confirmed that "middle Australia" was alive and well and quite happy with its lot.

  • Governments prepare to bury mental health report

    Coolibah is a day centre, run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence, for isolated older people in Melbourne's inner city. But according to the Barry Pearce, the centre's coordinator, these days Coolibah is constantly having to turn

  • Trade wars: APEC's secret agenda

    December 15 is the deadline set by the United States Congress for the Clinton administration to clinch a deal with the European Community on the prolonged Uruguay round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks.

  • Kennett to close more schools

    Kennett to close more schoolsMELBOURNE — At least another 159 state schools are to be closed in Victoria according to an announcement by the Kennett government on October 15. Teachers' unions warn that the real number to

  • Greens call for EIS on GATT treaty

    Should an environmental and social impact study be carried out before Australia signs any treaty coming out of the Uruguay Round of the GATT "free trade" agreements? This idea was raised by Greenpeace Australia spokesperson Noni

  • Surveys find profits booming

    Surveys find profits boomingCorporate profits have shot up dramatically — almost returning to their peak before the recession. The Australian Financial Review's survey of 500 large companies, released on September 21,

  • Why GATT doesn't mean 'free trade'

    Paul Keating's visit to the US put a crack in the myth that the uncompleted Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade talks was really about bringing in a new era of global "free trade". His discussions with US

  • Kennett to axe 18,000 more jobs

    Kennett to axe 18,000 more jobsMELBOURNE — Victoria's official unemployment rate hit a post-1930s high of 13% in August, yet in its September 7 budget the Kennett government announced plans to get rid of another 18,000