Comment by Adam Hanieh
Philip Mendes' writes in "Write on", GLW #261, "The Labour Zionist movement which ruled Israel from 1948 to 1977 strongly identified with traditional socialist objectives". The idea that the Zionist movement, at least until
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A Black Armbanded History
Roll Up! Roll up and see the show,
armbanded historians in a row,
spreading revisionism as they go,
weaving distortion to and fro.
Saying Robert Menzies was the greatest
— greatest liar:
that he never set the
By James Balowski
On February 6, People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists Ken Budha Kusumandaru, Victor Da Costa and Ignatius Putut Arintoko, who are being tried in Jakarta for subversion, presented a protest letter to court. Signed by PRD
Office of the status of (one) woman?Office of the status of (one) woman?
On December 5, the Howard government abolished the Office of the Status of Women's $1 million grants scheme and cut its funding by 46%.
The cut, which will affect more
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists are running two candidates in the March 15 election for the Brisbane City Council — Kathy Newnam for the ward of Central and Coral Wynter for the ward of Dutton Park. The DS election manifesto
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community
By Calita Murray
My 93-year-old mother, Agnes Harrison, is reputedly the oldest Aboriginal woman living on the coast between Sydney and Melbourne, at Wallaga Lake Aboriginal Koori Village. At least she was until last year, when she was forced to go
European EMU under attack
By Sonja Klein
In preparation for the June 1997 Amsterdam summit, at which a treaty will be signed members of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the 15 states have begun negotiations on revising the
The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, The Ghost RoadBy Pat BarkerViking, 1996. 592 pp., $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon
It is almost 80 years since the first world war finished, but the horrors live on. In the murderous
By James Vassilopoulos
It should come as little surprise that union membership has fallen yet again. The percentage of workers who are in unions has been declining for more than 20 years now. In August 1996, 31% of the work force were in unions,