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Sarajevo paper rallies the resistance

By Michael Karadjis "It is now a year since the first shells fell on Sarajevo, marking in an explosive manner the beginning of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina. At that time, very few thought that this war would expose Europe's impotence in

World-conquering duck

Disney Adventures 鈥� Ducktails 4.00 p.m. Channel 7, weekdays Rated C, children's viewing Reviewed (by chance) by Sean Malloy In the 1950s, in an environment of McCarthyism, communists were accused of brainwashing. In the 1990s Disney

Paul Foot leaves Mirror

Paul Foot leaves Mirror By Frank Noakes LONDON 鈥� Respected journalist and author Paul Foot has quit the Daily Mirror after writing a weekly page for 13 years. Foot, a member of the British Socialist Workers Party since 1962,

Loose cannons

Key word: 'normal' "I think it is quite inappropriate and has been for some time that any anthem other than our own should be played at normal Australian gatherings." 鈥� Liberal frontbencher John Howard, supporting a motion to stop playing

74 days of action end after a week

74 days of action end after a week By Di Quin MELBOURNE 鈥� On May 25, Victorian public sector unions suspended the industrial action component of their "74 days of action" campaign, which started on May 17. Only teacher unions and the

Events push Yeltsin towards a coup

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW 鈥� "It's not realistic to stick to the law", Sergei Yushenkov, an aide to President Boris Yeltsin, was quoted in the Moscow press recently. "The congress is now illegitimate." More bluntly than Yeltsin,

Stories from the gate

By Deb Sorensen Kakadu National Park 鈥� "Along the Stuart Highway, left onto the Arnhem Highway, past the Humpty Doo turn-off and the Hard Croc Cafe. When you reach the Wildman River, you'll know you're almost there." And so I set off

World Environment Day actions

World Environment Day actions By Wendy Robertson June 5 is World Environment Day, and the Environmental Youth Alliance is organising activities in most centres to get people together and active under the theme of "Environmental Justice

$8 per week: don't hold your breath

$8 per week: don't hold your breath In April, the ACTU Executive decided that now was not the right time to lodge a claim for the $8 per week so-called safety net wage rise "promised" under Accord Mark VII. According to the ACTU, the high

The defence of profit

There was no morphine in the first-aid kit; no protection for Snowden against the pain but the numbing shock of the wound itself. The twelve syrettes of morphine had been stolen from their case and replaced by a cleanly lettered note that said:

Gillespie speaks on crisis

Gillespie speaks on crisis By Dan Murphy ADELAIDE 鈥� Growing community opposition to Australia's complicity in Papua New Guinea's war on Bougainville will be focused in a national day of action on July 25. The depth of concern over

Can the market solve our water crisis?

Australia, the second driest continent on earth, has the highest volume of stored water per person in the world; per capita consumption of water is also one of the world's highest. JANET PARKER looks at the problems of water in our most populous