Glowing in the dark
They are a weird mob, the NT politicians. Every time there is a crisis at the Ranger uranium mine one of them volunteers to drink water contaminated by radionuclides and a cocktail of other industrial strength contaminants.
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God is a woman! — Christians, Jews and Muslims have for millennia believed in a sole male god. Archaeology reveals that recent discoveries in the heart of Palestine suggest that the Canaanite goddess, Asherah, was revered as the co-almighty in
Don't believe the hype!
do you want more?!!!??!
The Roots
MCA/Geffen
Reviewed by Sean Moysey
I can see the value in what The Roots are trying to do: that is, mix "traditional" jazz sounds and instruments with hip hop/rap lyrics.
Green Left Weekly recently received a very welcome donation from the Homeland Community in northern NSW. The community sent a cheque for $212.40, with a little note, offering the donation as a "tithe for your worthy paper". We would like to express
Law-and-order hysteria, which in the US recently jailed a young man for life for stealing a slice of pizza, is in full flight in the run-up to the March 25 New South Wales elections. Labor and Liberal are falling over each other in what the NSW
WA Legal Service resists law and order push
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — The WA Court Liberal government boasts a number of "firsts" in the law-and-order game. It was the first to conduct organised police operations against "loitering youth"
MIKE KARADJIS, a youth worker in Sydney's western suburbs, is the Democratic Socialist candidate in the seat of Fairfield in the NSW election. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's DAVE WRIGHT about the major parties' law and order push and its
Human rights body criticises embargo
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a legal tribunal within the Organisation of American States, is urging the US government to end restrictions on the shipment of medicine and basic foods to
Professor Tony Vinson, former head of the NSW prisons system before he was sacked by the Wran Labor government, works in the Department of Social Work at the University of New South Wales. An outspoken advocate for progressive reform of the criminal
Protest for East Timor
By Jon Lamb
ADELAIDE — A noisy and vibrant crowd protested against military aid to Indonesia outside the Australian Defence Force Recruiting office here on March 17. The action was organised by Resistance, Aksi —
In January and February, JO BROWN travelled in Java and met activists in the Indonesian students' and workers' movements. Here she describes visiting the slum areas around Jakarta that are home to the new urban working class.
The contrasts and
Dear Santa ...
"The enduring values and beliefs my parents instilled in me as a child are what sustain me today." — NSW Premier John Fahey.
Bulldoze 'em!
"There is nothing valuable on that peninsula ... It is substandard, inhabited by
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