BY NORM DIXON
On December 6, the Australian government released its long-awaited defence white paper, "Defence 2000 — Our Future Defence Force", to almost unanimous acclaim from ruling class commentators and the big business media's op-ed
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BY KIM BULLIMORE
MELBOURNE — After much successful campaigning in New South Wales, the Indigenous Students Network has relaunched itself as a national network for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
Corrie Hodson, a founding member
The Democratic Socialist Party's 19th congress held January 3-7 unanimously endorsed the following statement in support of the Yallourn power workers.
The DSP pledges its full support for the Yallourn power workers in their struggle to keep their
Is marriage doomed in the 21st century? asks Jane Smiley in "Money marriage & monogamy", in the January 6 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald's lifestyle magazine, Good Weekend.
Unlike anti-feminist Bettina Arndt's ravings which regularly grace the
BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN
NEWCASTLE — Mining company Colrock has followed in the nefarious tradition of National Textiles and Steel Tank and Pipe (STP) by sacking workers without paying them their entitlements.
Colrock, whose parent company is the
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XIIBy John CornwellPenguin430 pp, $22 (pb)The Catholic Church and Nazi GermanyBy Guenter LewyDa Capo Press416 pp, $38.95 (pb)
If Pope John Paul II has his way, the next newly minted
BY PIP HINMAN
Acehnese activist Kautsar has been struggling for his people's right
to self-determination for some years. In 1998, he helped to form Student
Solidarity with the People (SMUR), the main Acehenese student-led popular
BY SEAN HEALY
This week, Green Left Weekly celebrates its 10th birthday. Through a decade of tumult, of wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions, we've lived long and prospered.
Our first issue actually appeared on February 28, 1991 but, such
BY VIV MILEY
At 5am on the morning of December 19, Turkish military units stormed prisons across the country in a bid to force political prisoners to end a hunger strike. The operation, code-named "Return to Life", involved the use of machine guns,
BY SUE BOLAND
It is just a little over 12 months since the protests against the
World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle awoke the world to the
gathering strength of a new anti-corporate movement against neo-liberal