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Filipino socialists: Australian forces should get out

Filipino socialist group, the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), released the statement slightly abridged below on September 3 after the Australian government announced to it would send special forces to work with the murderous Rodrigo Duterte regime in Mindanao in the name of the “war on terror”.

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The PLM demands that the Australian government withdraw the two Australian air force Orion spy planes participating in combat since June in Marawi, Mindanao, and abandon plans announced by Australian government ministers to send special forces.

End support for thugs

End support for thugs The Australian government has announced that the Indonesian Armed Forces have been invited to participate in the next big Australian army war games, Kangaroo 95. This announcement was made in Darwin, a city where many East

Love, lust and pain

This Other Eden By Ben Elton Pocket Books, 344 pp, $13.95 Foetal Attraction By Kathy Lette Picador, 280 pp, $14.95 Reviewed by Dave Riley Ben Elton, in full flight, is a gab feast. Elton, aka "motor mouth", by trade is a stand up

'Pure' science and Marxism

'Pure' science and Marxism In Ron Guignard's reply to Doug Lorimer (GLW #150) he makes the claim that the social sciences were "soft-pseudo sciences" (what is wrong with being soft by the way). Presumably the implication is that the "hard"

A striking, if disconcerting, originality

Christina Stead: A Biography By Hazel Rowley Minerva, 1994, 646 pp., $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Christina Stead's novels are complex and difficult; they scale and fall artistic peaks and troughs, and are marked by a striking, if

Capital punishment, US style

By Stephanie Wilkinson "I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject the notion that the death penalty has any essential deterrent effect on potential

What ever happened to Third World debt?

In the October 1993 issue of its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund muses on the question, "Is the debt crisis over?" The answer is a qualified yes. It's become a commonplace in the business press that the Third World debt

Report justifies military noise

Report justifies military noise By Tim E Stewart DARWIN — Following a high profile visit by a senior department of defence official in May, a 34-page report has been released which allows deafening foreign military exercises to take place

Indonesian opposition gets organised

Indonesian opposition gets organised By Max Lane The campaign in Indonesia against the closures, in late June, of the country's three major news weeklies has spurred on discussion on how best to advance the development of an organised

SA plan to isolate 'disruptive' students

SA plan to isolate 'disruptive' students By Kristy Koglin ADELAIDE — The Liberal state government has introduced a new disciplinary code for state schools for next year. The new code includes measures ostensibly aimed at creating a more

Toxic vapors threat

Toxic vapors threat By Paul Jones BRISBANE — Despite a legally binding notice of improvement being served on the Royal Brisbane Hospital (RBH) by the division of workplace health and safety, the spills of liquid mercury coming from

Australia's Spies and Their Secrets

Australia's Spies and Their Secrets ASIO after the Cold War In his important book, Australia's Spies and Their Secrets, author David McKnight takes the lid off the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), using never before