New relevance in a long debate
Trotsky's Theory of Permanent Revolution: A Leninist CritiqueBy Doug LorimerResistance Books, 1998. 80pp. $6.95 Review by John Nebauer
After Lenin, Leon Trotsky was the foremost leader of the Russian Revolution. His
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A short story by Dave Massey
6am: Home. That bloody clock, it's happened again! $8 at a garage sale was not money well spent. 6.20am: The street. Mounting those steps into the bus, sometimes I feel I'm stepping into the abyss. "How's it going"?
Now you know
"The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practise witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become
By Sue Boland
Prime Minister John Howard's campaign against the dangers of heroin has focussed almost exclusively on advocating tougher law and order policies rather than treating drug-use as a health issue. "Zero tolerance" policing is Howard's
By Kylie Moon
PENRITH — Sydney's urban sprawl is relentless. One proposed project is at the 1535-hectare Australian Defence Industries (ADI) St Marys site, bordering Penrith and the Blue Mountains. The site, the largest remaining tract of
WA plans boot camps for addicts
By Stuart Munckton
PERTH — Western Australia's Liberal government is considering using "boot camps" to deal with the drug problem in the state. Under the plan, a heroin addict convicted of a criminal offence
By Alana Kerrand Jen Crothers
SYDNEY — "go girl!", the Sydney Women's Festival held in the Domain on March 7, was attended by around 7000 people. Those who believed the hype that the festival was to be the new face of the feminist movement would
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Plumbers' union campaigns for increased apprentice wages
By Vannessa Hearman
A year ago the Plumbing Division of the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) lodged a wage claim with the Industrial Relations Commission to increase
By Allen Myers
A standing joke among critics of Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett is that the slogan he put on car registration plates, "Victoria — on the move", is only too true: since he has been in office, there has been a steady drift of
Papuan representatives demand independence
By Linda Kaucher
One hundred West Papuan community representatives met with President Habibie, members of his cabinet and the head of Indonesian armed forces (ABRI) in West Papua, in Jakarta on February
A metaphor
Hey! Wait up, Little John! You're moving as fast as those little legs of yours will carry you.
— Can't wait. Can't stop. Seven point five (pant), you know. Seven point f-I-v-e.
Seven point what? Jesus, can't you stop for a
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