By Norm Dixon
Whatever direction NATO's attack on former Yugoslavia takes in coming weeks — either a ground war or a deal that ends the bombing — there is one group of people who cannot lose — United States capitalists. On May 20, the US
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Rally for Burma
CANBERRA — Eighty protesters demonstrated outside the Burmese embassy on May 27, the ninth anniversary of the 1990 parliamentary election in Burma. The victory of the National League for Democracy in that election was rejected
On May 28, about 400 members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) at East Swanson Dock terminal met for eight hours and discussed the enterprise bargaining offer by P&O Ports, which is designed to match the changes implemented by Patrick
Environmentalists slam GST package
By Jim Green
Environmental groups are outraged by the government and Australian Democrats' goods and services tax (GST) package. A May 30 joint statement of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), Friends
ATSIC blames One Nation for KKK in Australia
By Margaret Allum
On June 2, ATSIC chairperson Gatjil Djerrkura condemned One Nation for contributing to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Australia. One Nation national director David Ettridge
Multiculturalism
By Suriyankumaran, Gaetano Greco and Michael Cooke
In GLW #348 Iggy Kim posed the rhetorical question "Does multiculturalism defend migrant rights?". The answer is, not very well. For all the improvements, "racism continues to
We are taking a week off
Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week break for the June long weekend, but we'll be back with a new issue on the streets and in your mailbox on June 23. Don't miss it!
Indonesia: why the army still calls the shots
On June 3, Resistance activist SAM KING interviewed People's Democratic Party (PRD) leader DHYTA CATURANI in Indonesia. Caturani will be visiting Australia for three weeks in July and will attend the
By Kylie Moon
BANKSTOWN — Students and staff at the University of Western Sydney's Bankstown campus are united in a campaign to defeat cuts to UWS Macarthur's adult education course. The cuts will affect 135 students and are part of a broader
Pelican Point campaign continues
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — Opponents of the proposed power station at Pelican Point on the Le Fevre Peninsula are continuing their campaign, despite the determination of the state Liberal government to push