314

Poem: The Two Bums

The Two Bums The bum on the road is an enemy of mankindThe other is driven around to his club, is feted, wined and dinedAnd they who curse the bum on the road as the essence of all that's badWill greet the other with a winning smile and extend the

Land rights and autonomy in Nicaragua

DOROTEA WILSON, a leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and a member of its National Directorate, is on a tour of Australia, speaking about the issues of land rights and autonomy. She is from the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and

Song: Blue-eyed Bonking Bill

Blue-eyed Bonking Bill Chorus: I am the US President, I'm Blue-eyed Bonking Bill,And if Saddam don't get you, be sure my missiles will. Back in the 1970s, we needed a strong manTo fight a little war for us in far away Iran,So we said to our

How you can support the wharfies

Pickets Contact your local Trades and Labour Council or union if you want to be on the picket roster. Your local Democratic Socialist Party or Resistance branch also has relevant details. Demonstrations, meetings and forums Darwin: John Coombs

Protests greet Howard and Reith

NEWCASTLE — An angry, 500-strong rally greeted PM John Howard when he arrived at a civic reception in Maitland Town Hall on April 17.

Environmental disaster: just add water

By Trevor Acfieldand Paul Glenning ROCKHAMPTON — "Super dams" being energetically promoted by the state government for central Queensland will be a massive subsidisation of the cotton, grain and coal industries. The government intends to spend up

... and ain't i a woman?: Their struggle is our struggle

Their struggle is our struggle Every night for the last week, the TV news has featured footage of hundreds of burly men in overalls and work boots standing toe to toe with (mostly male) police and shouting abuse at bus loads of non-union labour

Malaysia, Indonesia massacre Aceh refugees

By Norm Dixon At least 51 Acehnese refugees have been murdered by Malaysian and Indonesian forces since March 25. News of the terrible atrocities, which have been ignored by the Australian mass media, was revealed by representatives of the Aceh

Defying the 'barbarism of Stalinism'

Eisenstein: A Life in ConflictBy Ronald BerganLittle, Brown and Company, 1997 — 384 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon When the sailors on the battleship Potemkin mutiny and (under the red flag in the last reel) persuade their comrades on

Opposition to Jabiluka uranium mine grows

The decision by Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris-Kneebone to speak out against the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine within the Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory has added to the growing community opposition to the mine.

International solidarity with the wharfies

International solidarity with the wharfies News of actions in other countries in solidarity with the sacked waterside workers is beginning to come in. In addition to the actions being organised by participants at the Asia Pacific Solidarity

The Last Battle: Archangel — 1918

A short story by Craig Cormick A shell explodes overhead. Bright. Like a star. It startles Private O'Connor awake. His eyes snap open wide. Staring around quickly. He sees the snow and icy mud of the trench. Sees Private Duigan staring at him. Like