Analysis

Agent Orange It is past time that the deadly effects of the herbicide Agent Orange, used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War, are officially recognised. The legal decision last week to grant compensation to Australian Vietnam War veterans

At the International Green Left Conference in Sydney at Easter, Peter Camejo identified the key problem for the socialist movement as being the isolation of socialists from the necessary agency of socialism — the working class.

Crumbs The federal Industrial Relations Commission decision on September 21 has been hailed by the ACTU as a victory for the Accord process. The decision, which awarded a paltry $24 wage rise for workers in three stages, has been

Criminals and criminals "He was a genius at extracting money out of people. He would understand the psychology of people — bankers, brokers, analysts — and give them exactly what they wanted to hear ... Skase's trappings oozed

Time for a real alternative "Australians are sick to death of being conned by politicians", opposition leader Alexander Downer told the faithful at the September 5 launch of The Things That Matter. He's right. And the Liberals' broad

Looking out: Learning & teachingThe Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (GDCC) is a prison situated about 50 miles south of Atlanta, the city and regional site of the 1996 Olympic Games. More than 1700 men

Barristers' 'self-regulation' On 31 August the NSW Bar Council admitted in the Supreme Court that it acted illegally in dismissing complaints against a Senior Crown Prosecutor, Mark Tedeschi. These complaints will now be reviewed by Legal

Editorial: Bosnia: give peace a chance For over two years, the war in Bosnia has dragged on, killing an estimated 200,000 people, the majority of them the victims of Bosnian Serb aggression. In this time the besieged Bosnian government has had

Young people in crisisThe federal government's May 4 white paper emphasises the need for a skilled work force. This means, practically, a focus on increased school retention rates, retraining of long-term unemployed and

Interest in the ALP's Hobart annual conference September 26-29 will centre largely on the privatisation debate — the selling off of publicly owned assets to big business. But many people are left wondering what the debate is about.

When R.J. Hawke did WoodstockThere he was on stage, gigging away after Jimmy Hendrix. What a festival! Three days, man. When Bobby Hawke fronts the band I tell you, you are in for some classic riffs. Mister Seventy-Four Per

How should the student left respond to the escalation of attacks on university student rights and education? Sydney University Resistance activist MARINA CARMAN argues that the focus must be mobilising and organising an increasing number of students