By Catherine Brown GENEVA — "The government of Israel is continuing its predecessor's iron-fist policy of oppression, repression and terrorism against our people", Yasser Arafat, chair of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, told activists
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By Frank Noakes and Catherine Brown LONDON — Even by its own criteria, the British Tory government is an economic failure. Talkback radio programs have been inundated with questions from a British public still in a daze from four changes to
Alliance? I and others (including Janet Powell who recently resigned from the Australian Democrats to be free to further the advancement of such a strong third force) have discussed the matter of a Green-Socialist-Democrat Alliance before. I
Kay McVey It's the private sector that has failed It's not enough to cast a vote at elections and then sit back for the next four years. There is a clear message to both parties that significant numbers of workers are opposed to their
By Unna Liddy [This article is based on a talk presented to a Brisbane forum in April on behalf of the Women's Abortion Campaign.] The current legislation governing abortion access for women constrains women's rights. It limits the rights
By Louise Christian In Turkey's Kurdish areas, more than five people die every day (nearly 2000 so far this year) as security forces continue their indiscriminate spree of extrajudicial killings, torture and repression. Locals describe the
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — In an election in which the major parties dodged most of the key issues, the Labor Party government has been returned at the September 19 Queensland poll. Despite late opinion polls showing a possible landslide to
The Collapse of 'Communism' in the USSR By Doug Lorimer New Course Publications 43 pp. $2.50 Reviewed by Sean Malloy "Socialism can never work" is the conclusion promoted by mainstream ideologues in the wake of Stalinism's collapse.
By Lee Wallace During World War II, as a means of maintaining public interest in baseball, US businesses sponsored a league of all-female teams. Like Rosie the Riveter, they were a temporary measure, just until the boys came home. The story
By Peter Anderson Robert Green has seen the nuclear industry from the inside, and what he found convinced him he should do everything possible to stop it. A former British navy commander, he is now seeking international support for a campaign
SYDNEY — "The left has always been good at producing alternatives. It has not been so good at communicating those alternatives to a broad audience", commented 2SER-FM development manager Steve Cassidy, launching 2SER's 13th Birthday Week.
fm48 = Immigration and the environment: is Australia overpopulated? By Reihana Mohideen The long-held image of Australia has been that of a sparsely populated country rich in resources. But in the context of a global ecological crisis,
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