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Korea in the firing line as Trump’s UN threats reveal US war drive

US President Donald Trump made the unprecedented threat to “totally destroy” North Korea, not in a tweet or off the cuff remark, but in a written speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 20. No other leader of a country has ever stood before the UN and openly stated its intention to destroy another country. 

Coupled with Trump’s earlier threat to rain down “fire and fury” on North Korea, this threat must be seen as one that at least includes the possibility of a nuclear attack.

A proletarian novel

A proletarian novel The Heart On It By Barry Hines Michael Joseph 1994, 280 pp., $29.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The proletarian novel lives on. Barry Hines, the novelist from a Yorkshire mining village, takes us to the coal pit

On the box

About Us: Concrete City — The struggle of the residents of the inner city Sydney suburb of Pyrmont as they try to preserve the character of their area whilst facing huge residential development. SBS, 8.30pm, Wednesday, August 10. As it

Hiroshima Day commemorated

By Tom Kelly The 49th anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima was commemorated in a number of Australian cities on August 6. The occasion served to highlight the threat to humanity and the environment posed

The struggle for peace in Guatemala

There are many Guatemalan refugees living in Mexico, most illegally. Many are activists who live in fear of the Guatemalan army and secret police and the Mexican authorities. "Manuel" spoke to Green Left Weekly's ROBYN MARSHALL in March, and

Rwanda: a crisis made in France

Rwanda formally won independence from Belgium in 1962. Since then the country has been run by neo-colonial puppet governments financed and armed along divide-and-rule lines first by Belgium and, from 1975, by France. DAVID DORWARD, Director of the

Radio highlights

That's History — Holding On To Our Culture: The Sikhs in Northern NSW — Banana growing in the Coffs Harbour area is dominated by Sikh people who originally came from Punjab. Many of these people have grandparents who settled in Australia before

No to US/UN invasion of Haiti

No to US/UN invasion of Haiti The UN Security Council resolution authorising "all necessary means to facilitate the departure from Haiti of the military leadership" sets the political framework for a US-led invasion of Haiti under UN cover.

A worthy but confused attempt at exploring feminism

Fundamental Feminism By Judith Grant Routledge 1994 Distributed by the Law Book Company Limited 226 pp., $32.95 (pbk) Reviewed by Carla Gorton Judith Grant has embarked on a worthwhile endeavour. She offers a critical exploration of the

'Stop lying about East Timor'

On July 13, the United Nations Committee on Decolonisation met in New York and received submissions from a range of human rights, solidarity and Timorese groups on East Timor. The following is an abridged version of the submission from Maureen

ANC slams government inertia on environment

ANC Environment Desk chief Tami Sokutu has slammed his party for going back on its environmental promises, saying that those in power appear to want a weak, limited and ineffective ministry and department of the environment. "Before the

Edward Scissorhands does Bladerunner — badly!

Edward Scissorhands does Bladerunner — badly! The Crow Directed by Alex Proyas Reviewed by Graham Matthews The Crow could have been a darkly disturbing film, chronicling the decay of the slightly futuristic inner city, in the style of