By Mahir Ali
Long after the toppling likenesses of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov personified the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, Lenin keeps cropping up in the unlikeliest of places. Towards the end of his highly readably memoir, Palimpsest, a
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Blood and oil
By Barry Sheppard
One week after I returned from attending the Democratic Socialist Party's convention in Australia, an explosion and fire at the Tosco refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area killed one worker and injured 25.
Cambodian Genocide Program releases key data
The Cambodian Genocide Program (CGP) at Yale University has released information on the internet today that details atrocities committed under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979.
Port Hedland strike ends
By Michael Bramwell
PERTH — Workers at the $1.5 billion BHP iron ore processing plant in Port Hedland have tentatively agreed to return to work following a combined union meeting on January 29. In a charged atmosphere,
ADELAIDE — An Enterprise Agreement that provides a pay rise for education workers in South Australia and actually puts staff back into schools, without trade-offs, was certified on December 24. The South Australian Institute of
AIDS hits poorest
By Marina Cameron
Since HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was discovered, its biggest areas of growth have been in the Third World, particularly the poorest countries. Recent reports indicate that within the Third World it is
Capitalism, Socialism, EcologyBy Andre GorzVerso, 1994. 147 pp., $34.95Reviewed by Phil Shannon To say, as the blurb on this book does, that Andre Gorz offers "a vital, fresh perspective for the left" is like a baker selling three-day-old bread as
Court rules on immunisation
By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — A recent ruling by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is sure to have significant impact on parents of young children nationwide. In a landmark decision, commissioner William
By Peter Gellert
MEXICO CITY — The eight-year struggle of sanitation workers from the south-east state of Tabasco ended on the evening of January 22, when an agreement was reached satisfying employee demands. The workers, initially fired for
@columhead = Sick
"If a drug is good for people, but it doesn't make a profit for the drug company, our system has a problem." — Dr Stephen Jurd, head of drug and alcohol services at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, on the unavailability
International Women's Day — March 8
The International Women's Day collective needs your help. Come along to the next meeting and find out how you can join the campaign against attacks on women. All women welcome.
Adelaide — Meets Saturday Feb
Peace activists released in London
By Mark Lynas
Two peace activists were given a three-month suspended prison sentence at the High Court in London on January 24, after they defied a court injunction forbidding them from carrying out protest
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