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Comment by Lisa Macdonald The full picture of the attempted genocide of Australia's indigenous people still remains largely unacknowledged in official Australian history. This is because of (rather than despite) the fact that the forcible removal
By Wendy Patterson Chiapas once again burst on to the front pages of the world's newspapers with news of a massacre in the small town of Acteal on December 22. Local members of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) gunned down 45
The pope knows There was this pope, see — pope someone or other — an old codger who liked sticking his nose in everyone else's business. A busybody bishop? No, no. He was a pope, which is higher than a bishop. I mean, popes are like
Reign of terror in Ogoniland By Norm Dixon The Nigerian military dictatorship has dramatically escalated its brutality in Ogoniland in the west African country's Niger River delta. The region remains under military occupation. The crackdown
Stoking the Flame The Light on the Hillmay flicker and dim,at times — the bad times,it may fail to illuminatethe road ahead. It is then that we mustcup our hands around it,protect and nurture it,feed its sacred flame,revive its scarlet heart.
Loose cannons Green Left Weekly's witty Loose cannons editor has taken a well-earned break this week. But don't worry you LC junkies, you'll get your weekly dose of laughter at "their" expense next week.
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Queensland branch of the Transport Workers Union is challenging a court threat to two union delegates who have been charged under the federal Workplace Relations Act of alleged breaches of "freedom of association".
Byron: The Flawed AngelBy Phyllis GrosskurthSceptre, 1997510 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Lord Byron provoked strong passions. Attacked in his day by Tory journals as the "poet of seduction, adultery and incest: the contemner of
By Norm Dixon Zimbabwe's government has been painted into a corner by the growing dissatisfaction of the country's urban poor and the working class on the one hand, and the demands of big business and western financial institutions on the other.
Arguments for socialism: Pigs at the trough By Jonathan Strauss A recent middle of the night attempt by NSW parliamentarians from all parties to increase their own superannuation entitlements by an average of 30% sparked a week of front-page
Lou Gugenberger, one of the stalwarts of the left and green movements in Brisbane for many years, died of a heart attack on January 8. A lifelong friend of Lou's told the diverse audience at the funeral ceremony held on January 19 that Lou had said
By Rupen Savoulian SYDNEY — The Labor Party's national conference in Hobart has approved plans to build an airport at Badgerys Creek in Sydney's western suburbs. No debate or discussion on the proposed airport preceded the conference decision.