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Unionists discuss strategy for fight back

Unionists discuss strategy for fight back By Michael Bull MELBOURNE — "What strategy and tactics for unions today?" was the title of a timely forum sponsored by 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly and the Democratic Socialist Party on February 24. The speakers

Liberal myths and Japan's resurgence

Japan's capitalism: creative defeat and beyondBy Shigeto TsuruCambridge University Press, 1993; Canto edition 1996. 277 pp., $18.95 Review by Eva Cheng A vast amount has been published on Japan's spectacular economic recovery from the ruins of

War and the ALP left

By James Vassilopoulos When John Howard wished the 110 Special Air Service troops good luck and "god-speed", standing next to him offering bipartisan support was opposition leader "Bomber" Beazley. In 1991, PM Bob Hawke didn't even wait for US

A Very Fishy Transaction

By Gerry Harant The VFT (Very Fast Train between Sydney and Melbourne) project is being indecently exhumed, after we thought we had buried it for good in the early '90s. Sir Peter Abeles, the main driving force behind the project, explained that

Putting women in the big picture

By Lisa Macdonald Next time you see an opinion piece about how women are finally breaking into this or that male domain, or how young women are now "doing it for themselves", or any of the current epidemic of "you've come a long way baby!"

Inside the belly of the beast

Inside the belly of the beast When the first issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly hit the streets just over seven years ago, the United States was leading "Desert Storm", the bloody military attack on Iraq. Sanitised and censored news reports in the mass

Opposition to defence cuts threatens Russian government

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — How much should Russians be made to pay for the armed defence of their country's new capitalism? Among millions of half-fed, seldom paid workers, the figure of zero roubles would no doubt spring to mind. Cutting all

Timeless issues in a slave rebellion

HOWARD JONES is the university research professor and chairperson of the University of Alabama's College of Arts and Sciences (Department of History) at the Tuscaloosa campus. He is author of Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and its

Liberal stall attacked at O-week

Liberal stall attacked at O-week By Nikki Ulasowski CANBERRA — During the major orientation week market day at the Australian National University, the Liberal Club's stall was attacked twice. According to club members, the Australian flag was

Repression and child labour in the Philippines

For two months, the banana groves in four of Dole Corporation's principal Philippine plantations have been uncharacteristically silent.

Poem: Just Add Jesus

Just Add Jesus Just add Jesus for instant art,to pad that novel, to nail the charts,Christ'll ride tall again and again inthe soapy saddle of pop art pain.Inspiration at an ebb?dust off that bible under your bed,to one teaspoon of sacred heart adda

Despite UN deal, war threat remains

By Norm Dixon Despite grudging acceptance of the agreement between UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Iraq President Saddam Hussein over UN weapons inspections, Washington is continuing its preparations for a massive air strike. President Bill