By Adam Hanieh
HEBRON — Tension was high as I entered the city centre. Someone warned me that there had been more "problems"; I soon saw what they meant. Ahead Palestinian youth clutched rocks, while the soldiers faced them with machine-guns
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London verdict gives McDonald's little joy
A verdict was handed down on June 19 in the libel case brought by McDonald's against two supporters of London Greenpeace, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, for distributing a six-page fact sheet, "What's
By Eva Cheng
Early this year, Beijing's international investment arm — China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) — sold 15.5% of its Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific to the latter's chairman, Larry Yung Chi-kin, and senior
Strike threat at Olympic site
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — Members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union at the Olympic site at Homebush Bay have threatened to take industrial action if their concerns over workplace safety
Aboriginal leaders condemn land theft
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Since the 1967 referendum, "the advances of the first 10 years for Aboriginal people have stagnated over the last 20 years", declared FAIRA (Foundation for Aboriginal and
New SA anti-worker laws
ADELAIDE — SA industrial affairs minister Dean Brown has announced fast-track implementation of new unfair dismissal laws which will affect over half of state workers. From July 1, small business employers with fewer
James Vassilopoulos
In an unprecedented move, eight community and church aged care provider groups have issued a joint paper highly critical of the federal government's changes in aged care. The organisations include the Alzheimers Association
By Adam Hanieh
JERUSALEM — Well-known political commentator Noam Chomsky spoke to a packed lecture theatre on June 7 at Bir Zeit University, near the Palestinian town of Ramallah. Chomsky has been a consistent critic of US policy in the Middle
In-expressways
"Things introduced by decadent capitalism have made inroads into our country, penetrating all sectors in the party and society." — Hou Zongbin, vice-chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party's discipline commission, in an
Festival Records picket continues
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — Picketers outside Festival Records have entered their sixth week on the picket line established by members of the National Union of Workers after Festival issued redundancy
By Lisa Young
LONDON — The first public meeting of the International Committee Against Disappearances (ICAD) British section was held here on May 21. The use of "disappearances" as a means of intimidation and oppression against indigenous
The Cultural Front: the Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth CenturyBy Michael DenningVerso, 1996. 556 pp., $55.00 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
Swimming against the stream all the time can be tiring and unrewarding, for Marxists as much
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