Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold WarBy Frances SaundersGranta, 1999509 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
For an organisation which has spied on citizens, manipulated elections, overthrown governments, supported dictatorships,
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NSW teachers reject government 'insult'
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — At least 20,000 teachers marched on New South Wales parliament on November 18 to protest against the government's pay and conditions proposal. Some estimates put the attendance
NTEU wins coverage of general staff
By Daniel Jardine
A decision handed down on November 15 by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission will give the National Tertiary Education Industry Union the right to cover general, non-academic, staff
Casuals strike in Land Titles Office
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Casual workers at the Victorian Land Titles Office held four-hour strikes at the beginning of each of their shifts on November 14 and 15. The workers, members of the Australian
Correction
In an article in issue #383 about the new charges against framed South African poet Mzwakhe Mbuli, we gave an incorrect e-mail address for those readers wishing to send messages of solidarity to him via the Campaign for Release of
Drug war 'a smokescreen'
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — The Resistance Centre here opened itself to the cool breeze of the Caribbean on November 17 with a Green Left Weekly forum to discuss strategies for the left in Latin America. El Salvadoran
MIM criticised over accident
BRISBANE — A young football hero who lost both legs in an underground mining accident was exposed to unacceptable risk by mining giant MIM, the Queensland Mining Warden's Court determined on November 15.
On January
Bikes for Timor
Some progressive people, such as Patrik, Ian M, Vaugn T, and I set out to rectify capitalism's extreme waste by collecting things and fixing them usually all by ourselves, without enabling ourselves to prioritise our work towards
By Dave Holmes
Resistance Books, the publishing house associated with Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Party, has completed its most successful year to date. With 1999 not yet over, it has brought out 14 titles — eight books and six
Students protest in Burkino Faso
OUAGADOUGOU — Hundreds of students demonstrated on November 16 to demand the reinstatement of their colleagues who where expelled from Sabou and Koudougou high schools, 100 km outside the capital.
The angry
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