By Reihana Mohideen
Despite heavy rains around 40,000 people protested in Manila against the Filipino version of a consumption tax, the Value Added Tax (VAT), which the Ramos government is threatening to introduce during the next session of
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Poets and Presidents: Selected Essays 1977-1992
By E.L. Doctorow
Papermac, 1994. 206 pp., $24.95 (pbk)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
E.L. Doctorow is one of the few American writers today who does not shy away from novels about people's social
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Whoever was destined to head the polls in the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections on July 10, the real winner was never in doubt. That was to be the "party of power" — the layer of high-placed
Campaign opposes privatisation
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Ian McLean, state secretary of the Communications Workers Union, and a former long-serving president of the state Labor Party, is prepared to fight the party's moves towards
Hiroshima — Never Again!
August 6 marks the 49th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on the Japanese people in Hiroshima. Since then the development of atomic weapons has continued at an alarming rate. Further, since
For years anti-choice terrorists in the United States
have attacked abortion clinics with the government openly aiding
their campaigns against women's right to choose. However, in the
last few months, some Supreme Court decisions and national
By Daniel Board
MELBOURNE — A 1000-strong, spirited demonstration was held here on the July 28 by students outraged at the prospect of losing their student unions. This rally was part of an ongoing campaign for the repeal of Victorian
High Court to consider Timor Gap Treaty
By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — According to Darwin-based Queens Counsel, Alastair Wyvill, the High Court is taking the upcoming hearings on the Timor Gap Treaty very seriously. Speaking at a public
By Doug Lorimer
Iain Aitken (GLW #150) accuses Lisa Macdonald of dogmatism for arguing that in seeking to understand and combat capitalist domination socialists should rely exclusively on the scientific approach of Marxism.
While
Student environment conference
By Carla Gorton
SYDNEY — More than 350 students and environmentalists from around Australia attended the fourth annual Students, Science and Sustainability Conference, held at Macquarie University from July
By Robynne Murphy and Stefan Skibicki
WOLLONGONG — In recent weeks, the media has devoted a fair amount of time to "multiple recruitment" or stacking in Labour Party branches, particularly in the Illawarra. The sudden growth of membership
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
Rwandan refugee
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