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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

How the PKI weakened itself facing the military

How the PKI weakened itself facing the military By James Balowski The Indonesian Communist Party's (PKI) shift in the 1950s from a strategy of independently organising and mobilising its working-class and rural supporters to one of trying to

Metalcorp workers win

By Chris Spindler GEELONG — After six days on the picket line, 10 workers at the Geelong site of Metalcorp Recyclers won the right to be recognised as a union site and to take action on health and safety concerns. They achieved an enterprise

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

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.

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

Wollongong University elections

Wollongong University elections By Andy Gianniotis WOLLONGONG — Wollongong University student representative council elections were held October 19-21. The Collective Action ticket won the main SRC positions uncontested, most general

Women reclaiming the night

On October 29, thousands of women and their men supporters took to Australia's streets in Reclaim the Night marches. Reclaim the Night was started in the 1970s by women in England who were told by the police to stay inside after a string of violent

Timorese socialists' views on transition

On October 22, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's SAM KING and EDI RUSLAN spoke in Jakarta with NELSON CORREIA, a representative of the Socialist Party of Timor (PST), about the party's view on East Timor's new transitional government. The PST is pushing for

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

The Russian Revolution: the revolution capitalists still fear

The revolution capitalists still fear By Allen Myers "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism", wrote Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in the Communist Manifesto in 1848. The same spectre continues to haunt the entire capitalist