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Fighting corporate terrorism

Fighting corporate terrorism By Bronwen Powell SYDNEY — The socialist youth organisation Resistance has announced it will be holding forums across the country to explain the "globalisation of corporate terrorism" and the need for the

INDONESIA: The movement for people's art and culture

REVITRIYOSO HUSODO and SRI WAHYUNINGSIH of the People's Cultural Network (JAKER) in Indonesia spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's JULIA PERKINS during her recent visit there.   JAKER is sustained by a belief in socialist realist art and

Big business and the farm crisis

BY SUE BOLAND "If the profitable third of our farmers were able to represent the industry and set the agenda for debate we would hear a rural voice with constructive ideas ... Instead, the debate is driven by the unprofitable rump ... who yearn for

SA dump battle turns into 'nuclear war'

SA dump battle turns into 'nuclear war' BY JIM GREEN The South Australian Liberal government on May 17 announced it would legislate in an attempt to stop the federal government storing high-level nuclear waste in the state. Federal science

Northern Rivers mobilises against racism

BY CORRINNE BATT-RAWDEN AND TONY ILTIS LISMORE — "Since John Howard said that there was no stolen generations, communities have gotten angry, and the people of Lismore have taken to the streets ... We can beat racism", Edda Lampis of the Northern

NOAM CHOMSKY: The capitalist 'principle' and Third World debt

BY NOAM CHOMSKY The simplest answer to the argument that countries who borrowed from the World Bank/International Monetary Fund have no right to ask for debt forgiveness is that the presupposition is false, so the argument is vacuous. For example,

White House buys TV's loyalty in 'war on drugs'

White House buys TV's loyalty in 'war on drugs' By Sean Healy The United States government pays television networks and magazine publishers to promote its "tough on drugs" stance through popular TV programs such as ER, Beverly Hills 90210 and

Easter forest camp destroyed

Easter forest camp destroyed BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON PERTH — Police and officials of the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) stormed the Easter forest camp in Western Australia's south-west forests on May 11, evicting

Dismantling Abstudy: the Coalition's 'practical reconciliation'

Dismantling Abstudy: the Coalition's 'practical reconciliation' BY KIM BULLIMORE AND SUE GREEN For almost 30 years, Abstudy has been one of the key components of ensuring increased educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait

The Olympic Boycott Song (in three movements)

The Olympic Boycott Song (in three movements) 1. To the tune of "God Save the Queen". Boycott the bloody games,Boycott the bloody games,Boycott the games,Send a clear message out, join us and scream and shout,Boycott the games.Let's be

Be part of the solution

Be part of the solution The following speech was presented by JOHN PERCY to the May Day celebration jointly organised by the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and the Worker Communist Party of Iraq at Granville Town Hall, Sydney, on May

Student death highlights campus safety problems

BY MELANIE SJOBERG SYDNEY — The death of a 26-year-old student at the University of NSW has sparked anger on the campus about unsafe work practices. A lunchtime protest on the issues was held on May 18. UNSW has been undergoing construction work