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Write On: Letters to the editor

Write On: Letters to the editor Ireland In response to those rebuttals of my letter (GLW #392) from Keara Courtney (GLW #393) and Tom McEvoy (GLW #394), their letters make not one mention of hope or peace for the people. They both deny or

IWD: East Timorese women reflect on 1999

East Timorese women reflect on 1999 By Vannessa Hearman DILI — Activities to mark International Women's Day on March 8 here included performance art and a public forum on the place of women in the rebuilding process in East Timor. Held in a

Newcastle holds People's Inquiry

Newcastle holds People's Inquiry By Geoff Payne NEWCASTLE "Madre, they will kill us." These words have stayed with Sister Carmel Hanson, even since she returned from East Timor last year. She feels that her assurances to people there that the

Networker: Privatising internet censorship

Networker: Privatising internet censorship Censorship is a great unresolved issue on the internet. Anyone old enough to “surf the net” can gain access to much of the visual and written information available across the world. This has

Bob Brown: mandatory sentencing is not justice

Bob Brown: mandatory sentencing is not justice Australian Greens senator BOB BROWN has been one of the fiercest critics of mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. He has introduced a private member's bill to

Illawarra residents battle corporate polluters

By Dave Holmes WOLLONGONG — Industrial pollution, in all its many forms and with all its attendant consequences, has long been a fact of life in the Illawarra. And nowhere are the effects more pronounced than in the suburbs near BHP's

Rage against Wall Street

Rage against Wall Street On a cold January day, militant rock band Rage Against the Machine took to the heart of the world financial system to film a video clip for "Sleep Now in the Fire", a track from the band's The Battle of Los Angeles. The

New anti-terrorism bill targets dissent

New anti-terrorism bill targets dissent By Alec Smart LONDON — Legislation allowing police increased powers of arrest and detention is being fast-tracked through the British parliament. "Anti-terrorist" laws, rehearsed and fine-tuned in

Victorian bosses threaten lockout

By Tim Gooden GEELONG — The Victorian building industry faces a three month shutdown from March 11 if threats by the Master Builders' Association of Victoria (MBA) are made good. The threatened lockout is the employers' response to demands by

Kollontai: Revolutionary sex and free love

Revolutionary sex and free love Review by Phil Shannon Love of Worker Bees and A Great LoveBy Alexandra KollontaiTranslated and introduced by Cathy Porter Virago, 1999378 pp., $17.95 (pb) In their crusade against socialism, conservatives love to

'Welfare' capitalism and neo-liberal globalisation

By Doug Lorimer The following article is abridged from a talk presented to the Marxism 2000 conference in Sydney, January 5-9, 2000. Utilising Karl Marx's theory of capitalist development, V.I. Lenin concluded 85 years ago that all the features

Aboriginal communities face deregistration

Aboriginal communities face deregistration By Linda Kaucher Hundreds of remote Aboriginal communities face the loss of title to their land because of federal government enforcement of seriously flawed legislation. Federal law requires all