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Looking out: Forty acres and a mule

Forty acres and a mule By Brandon Astor Jones "The federal government chose them from thousands of applicants for the colour of their skin (white), their poverty level (the bottom) and their physical ability to clear land and farm." — Anne

Karl Marx: the personal and the political

Karl Marx: the personal and the political Karl Marx: An Illustrated HistoryBy Werner BlumenbergVerso, 1998175 pages, $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Karl Marx's mother complained her son wrote Capital rather than made it. She was disappointed

... and ain't i a woman?: Women and revolution: myth and history

Women and revolution: myth and history On the eve of the 82nd anniversary of Russia's 1917 revolution, socialist revolution remains significant for women's liberation. An analysis of Russia's experience collapses the myth that women's

Mexican students' epic struggle in danger

Mexican students' epic struggle in danger By Phil Hearse MEXICO CITY — Commandeered buses flying red and black flags and Che Guevara portraits sped through the city on October 2, ferrying students to a demonstration commemorating the 1968

Queensland teachers plan strike

ueensland teachers plan strike By Bill Mason BRISBANE — State school teachers here are considering a strike or work bans in an effort to force Education Queensland to negotiate on the pay claim the union lodged almost four months ago.

The Russian Revolution and V.I. Lenin

Kathy Newnam and Marina Carman November 7 is the anniversary of the victory of the Russian Revolution in 1917. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin combined practical leadership of that revolution with important theoretical contributions to socialists'

IMF ponders whether we need more inflation

By Allen Myers There is a considerable amount of deliberate obscurity, and even outright lying, in discussions of inflation by the establishment media, governments and international organisations like the International Monetary Fund. That is why it

NSW Greens still backing undemocratic election changes

By Wendy Robertson and Marina Carman SYDNEY — Despite growing protests from supporters and their own members, leaders of the NSW Greens are still supporting some of the anti-democratic changes to NSW's electoral laws proposed by the Carr Labor

New attack on framed South African poet Mzwakhe Mbuli

By Dorothy Flynn Mzwakhe Mbuli, the "people's poet of South Africa", faces new charges of robbery and shooting on the eve of an appeal. Mbuli's supporters have denounced the new charges as a further frame-up designed to silence the respected

Left activists discuss the green movement

Left activists discuss the green movement By Sarah Peart and Ben Courtice MELBOURNE — On October 27, Green Left Weekly hosted another lively debate as part of its Politics in the Pub series in Comrades Bar. More than 40 people gathered to hear

NTEU strikes to 'stop the rot'

NTEU strikes to 'stop the rot' By Andy Gianniotis WOLLONGONG — Academics at the University of Wollongong struck on October 26-28 to protest against the erosion of working conditions and quality of higher education. The strike, dubbed "Stop the

Networker: Can the market plan?

Can the market plan? In information technology, few issues appear as boring as telecommunications policy and the related field of electromagnetic bandwidth (the internet equivalent of TV and radio airwaves) allocation. To keep the subject dull, its