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Arguments for socialism: Tariffs and 'free trade'

Tariffs and 'free trade' By Allen Myers Several weeks ago, the federal government publicly retreated from its announced target of tariff reduction on cars. Car corporations and unions alike welcomed the move as likely to encourage

Flirting with the atomic bomb

Atomic Australia: 1944-1990By Alice CawteNew South Wales University Press, 1992. 170 pp., $29.95 Australia's Uranium Opportunities: How Her Scientists and Engineers Tried to Bring Her into the Nuclear Age but were Stymied by PoliticsBy Keith

Politics and Papalote

Recently Green Left Weekly's SANDRA WALLACE caught up with JUSTO DIAZ of Papalote, one of Sydneys best known and most diverse Latin American bands. Question: When and how did the band start? The band began in 1979, but was known as Papalote

Australians for Native Title launched

Australians for Native Title launched By Rob Graham ADELAIDE — Around 300 people attended the launch of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation on July 10. After rock band Coloured Stone opened proceedings, the audience heard

and ain't i a woman?: Lessons from the Katies case

Lessons from the Katies caseLessons from the Katies case On July 8, the Industrial Relations Court ruled that Katies Fashions acted unlawfully in March 1995 when it made "sexist assumptions" and sacked 25 migrant women workers at its

Just the trick for tired businessmen

The Washington ClubByPeter CorrisSydney: Bantam, 1997. 254 pp., $12.95 (pb)The Fourth EstateBy Jeffrey Archer London: Harper Collins, 1996. 551 pp., $14.95 (pb) Review by Tony Smith Supposedly, power causes conflict, and conflict produces the

Limited reprieve for Day of Mourning site

Limited reprieve for Day of Mourning site By Chris Martin SYDNEY — Activists campaigning to save the historic "Day of Mourning and Protest" site in Elizabeth Street staged a spirited overnight vigil and demonstration here on July 9 and

Legalised slavery returns to the USA

By Bobby Lee Daniels REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA — The trend to privatise state-run prisons, which is resulting in legal slavery, began in the south-eastern US state of Georgia four years ago. At that time, the Georgia legislature decided that

Indonesia: 'The key will be the youth'

MALIK MIAH is a member of the US socialist organisation Solidarity and of the International Association of Machinists who visited Indonesia at the time of the recent elections as part of a Global Exchange delegation. He was interviewed for Green Left

East Timor supporters at NT Expo

East Timor supporters at NT Expo By Sally Mitchell DARWIN — Members of Australians for a Free East Timor (AFFET) and local Timorese held a protest stall at the Northern Territory Trade Expo, June 27-29. NT Expo, opened by trade minister

Interview with Congo's new health minister

The Democratic Republic of Congo's new health minister is JEAN BAPTISTE SONDJI, a leader of the Front Patriotique (Patriotic Front, PF), the main radical left party in the Kinshasa-based opposition. Unlike the rest of the Kinshasa opposition, the PF

Action updates

Celebrating Diversity launched ADELAIDE — The Celebrating Diversity Coalition's first annual general meeting on July 7 was attended by 60 people. The meeting elected office bearers and a committee to oversee its functioning between