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21st century Marxism and the New York School

You may be surprised to know that right in the heart of the international centre of capital, New York, thrives a school for Marxism. The New York Marxist School, according to one of its program coordinators, DANNY LUCE, helps ensure that New York

MIM blasted in acid raid study

MIM blasted in acid raid study By Bill Mason BRISBANE — MIM Holdings emits more than half as much sulphur dioxide as the whole of Japan, according to a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Sulphur dioxide is the

Festival of Jewish Film in three cities

VIVIENNE PORZSOLT previews some of the features of the Festival of Jewish Film. The festival runs in Melbourne from November 10 to 27 at the Classic Cinema, 9 Gordon St, Elsternwick. In Perth it is at Cinema Paradiso, 164 James St, Northbridge,

Xanana: symbol of resistance

By Arun Pradhan Xanana Gusmao — poet, artist and resistance fighter — has come to symbolise the struggle in East Timor. His battle has been an inspiration to his fellow East Timorese and to the solidarity movement around the world.

Swedish punk's third wave

By Mikael Karlsson New Swedish music is music with attitude. It spits in the face of authority and draws an unpolished picture of Swedish society — a picture that is anything but nice to look at. It is music with a message, directed into the

Unions give in on North West Shelf contracts

By Jennifer Thompson The ACTU and Australian Workers Union-Federation of Industrial Manufacturing Engineering Employees (AWU-FIMEE) on November 3 agreed with Woodside Petroleum on the introduction of non-union "enterprise flexibility agreements"

Survivor of Dili massacre seeks refuge

Survivor of Dili massacre seeks refuge By Tom Kelly DARWIN — A survivor of the 1991 Dili massacre arrived here on October 21 and is seeking political asylum. Francisco Joao Nheu flew with his wife and four children from East Timor to Bali

Russian day of action demands back wages

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Hundreds of thousands of workers took part in nationally coordinated demonstrations on October 27, demanding that the government pay wage arrears and combat unemployment. In addition, workplace meetings and

Action updates

BRISBANE — Queensland sugar industry workers walked off the job at midnight on October 31 in support of fellow unionists at MIM Holdings after an Industrial Relations Commission decision to reduce the number of unions covering the mining operations

Toxic cover-up: a million tonnes of poison

By Zanny Begg SYDNEY — In 1982 Alan Mills moved to Londonderry to find a peaceful plot on which to relax and grow native trees. Mills, who teaches maths at the local school, soon found that relaxing was the last thing he was going to be doing

Aristide calls for respect for the law

With the novelty of the US troop presence ebbing and with President Aristide holed up in the National Palace, the hard reality and underlying purpose of the second US occupation of Haiti are becoming clear. The Haitian people have begun to see

Nostradamus' Media Watch

By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Films banned for