Following the election of a record number of radical left and ultra-right candidates in the March regional elections in France, Green Left Weekly's LISA MACDONALD spoke to PIERRE ROUSSET, a veteran socialist activist and editor of Rouge, the
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The success of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party in the Queensland elections has "stunned" and "surprised" many political commentators in the establishment press. They are now busy condemning Hanson because of the "divisiveness" she fosters and
By Michael Karadjis
Serbian troops in the occupied region of Kosovo are carrying out ethnic cleansing on a scale not seen since the war in Bosnia. Villages have been bombed by helicopters, fighter planes and heavy artillery or completely burnt,
The following is abridged from Cuban President FIDEL CASTRO's speech to the World Health Organisation in Geneva on May 14, when he was presented with the WHO's Health for All medal. The world economy grew six-fold and the production of wealth and
By Martin Oliver
Concern about genetically modified foods in Australia is growing, despite the predictable messages being conveyed by the media. Modified foods now include Australian-grown cottonseed oil and imported canola oil, maize, tomato,
By Shane Bentley and Peter Johnson
SYDNEY — Members of the NSW Teachers Federation held two-hour stop-work meetings on June 17 to protest against the Howard government's promotion of private schools over the public school system. Concerned parent
A child's question about abolishing native title
What did you do Daddy
to assist John Howard's ethnic cleansing?
Did you just go around:
donging dagos
bashing boongs
wacking wogs
and
slashing slopes?
Mr. Brown was a Storm Trooper
MUA-Patrick deal: a great struggle faces betrayal
By Dick Nichols
The draft terms of settlement of the dispute between the Maritime
Union of Australia and Patrick Stevedores, released last week on the Age's
web page, raise three
By Tim E. Stewart
BRISBANE — A lively public speak-out against the racist and reactionary policies of One Nation was held here on June 19. The Democratic Socialists' action in busy Queen Street Mall was the first community response to the
Doctors' dispute enters second week
By Lara Pullin
CANBERRA — A dispute involving the ACT's visiting medical officers (VMOs) has entered its second week. The dispute has forced the closure of the two public surgical wards at Calvary Hospital.
Against the wishes of the traditional owners, the Mirrar people, and against the wishes of 80% of Australians, Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) began construction of the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park on June 15. Just a few days
Fight for free speech in Adelaide
By Jo Ellis
ADELAIDE — Green Left Weekly is under attack here. The city council will not allow GLW to be distributed in the mall without a permit. The permit will cost $10 per week per distributor. The council
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