A Dangerous Man
[A tribute to Siegfried Sassoon — antiwar poet. ]
Sassoon was a man,A dangerous man,Sassoon was a dangerous man.He went off to a warAnd went back for moreSassoon, what a dangerous man!
And after this warHe settled his
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Throw the Liberals out, urge ACT socialists
By Russell Pickering
CANBERRA — The Democratic Socialists have called on small parties and independents not to support the formation of another Liberal government after the February 21 ACT
Militant struggles in isolation may be heroic, but only a struggle that gains support from other organised workers and the general public can win its demands. Over the last week, the establishment media have been doing their utmost to ensure that the
Telstra workers resist forced transfers
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — One hundred and fifty Telstra workers attended a protest meeting on January 30 after the company announced a plan to centralise its faults-recording network in Melbourne, forcing
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"Racism was a form of madness, a pathological hatred and cruelty that took its most despicable form in outright murder. Lynching — which took the lives of hundreds (though not, as has often been alleged, thousands) of blacks
By James Vassilopoulos
In a court case with big implications for democratic rights, organisations and individuals in the United States are being sued for a picket in solidarity with the Liverpool dockers. Last September, labour and community
By Michael Bull and Ben Courtice
MELBOURNE — On January 28, the government's latest offensive against maritime workers was launched. National Farmers Federation front companies established a non-union beachhead on the Melbourne waterfront. Part
TB spreads in Russia as government chops health funds
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — At about 2.5% of GDP, health spending in Russia last year compared poorly with western European levels of 7-8%. That was before the cost-cutters lopped another
Suharto's business empire
By George J. Aditjondro
Seeking an "official" mandate for his seventh term through the puppet Congress (MPR) on March 11, Indonesian President Suharto is currently facing the strongest opposition from within his own
ACT restricts democracy in elections
By Russell Pickering
CANBERRA — The Democratic Socialists, who are standing three candidates for the seat of Molonglo in the February 21 ACT election, are experiencing the difficulties encountered by
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