Looking out: Deals and incompetence
By Brandon Astor Jones
"They don't try to prove you innocent even if you is innocent. All they wanna do is make a deal that they think will keep 'em from fryin' you. They couldn't even do that
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Criminals and criminals
"He was a genius at extracting money out of people. He would understand the psychology of people — bankers, brokers, analysts — and give them exactly what they wanted to hear ... Skase's trappings oozed
Wollongong march
By Freya Pinney
WOLLONGONG — 250 people met at the Trade Union Centre on September 16 to protest against all forms of privatisation. City council workers struck for three hours to attend.
Protesters
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), long considered South Africa's most important liberation movement after the African National Congress (ANC), surprised many with its massive electoral failure in the April elections. The PAC won 1.3% of the national
Words and deeds
By Jennifer Thompson
The UN International Conference on Population and Development, which wound up on September 13, has been hailed as a victory with the acceptance of an "action plan" described as a radical
Strange bedfellows
By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — The Country-Liberal Party government of the Northern Territory has lent ALP leader Brian Ede the use of one of its most senior public servants to try to convince the Labor Party
Burma refugee crisis worsens
By Richard Horsey
The fate of some 6000 refugees who fled from Burma to neighbouring Thailand at the end of July still hangs in the balance. The refugees, from the Mon ethnic group, were forced to
Federal moves on anti-gay laws 'disappointing'
By Leon Harrison
PERTH — Federal legislation intended to override Tasmania's anti-gay legislation and possibly WA's laws has been described as disappointing by gay activists in
By Chantal Wynter
MELBOURNE — The Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC) held its national consultation on the weekend of September 10-11. A public forum on the first day heard a round-up of political
Lest we forget
By Dave Riley
I am sick of the bitter, sectarian divisiveness that exists on the left in this country. Unlike some of my colleagues, I would like to express my utmost respect for those readers of Â鶹ӳ» Weekly
Logging destroys water sources
The North East Forest Alliance has expressed outrage that the logging destruction of NSW's most precious water-producing forests is continuing at 60 hectares per day.
"With NSW in the grip of a
Newcastle rally against privatisation
By Shane Hopkinson
NEWCASTLE — A meeting was held at the Workers Club on September 16 as part of a national campaign opposing privatisation. Malcolm Larson, assistant secretary of the NSW
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