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A gutsy working-class fairytale

The CastleCity and suburban cinemas Review by Brendan Doyle A bloke's home is his castle, right? Wrong. That's the big illusion of tow truck driver Darryl Kerrigan, who built his own emoh ruo next to the airport because land was cheap. When

Backing Hanson: National Action

By Sean Lennon MELBOURNE — One of the groups supporting Pauline Hanson is the neo-Nazi white supremacist organisation National Action (NA). Since its foundation in 1982, it has become notorious for its blatant racism directed mostly, though

Left on-line

Left on-line Hackers breach Suharto's defences — Portuguese hackers, protesting against the Indonesian government's occupation of East Timor, recently broke into the Indonesian Military Network home page and altered its contents. Earlier this

Russian Communist congress precipitates youth split

By Boris Kagarlitsky and Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In formal terms, the Fourth Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), held here on April 19 and 20, was a triumph for party leader Gennady Zyuganov. The KPRF chief

In dangerous times, we need solidarity

SONNY MELENCIO is a representative of the Philippines socialist workers centre BMP. This is an abridged version of his talk to a May Day Solidarity Forum in Sydney. We are living in dangerous times. Events today evoke memories of the 1930s, when the

Looking out: No justice

No justiceNo justice By Brandon Astor Jones "The best use of [justice and] law ... is to teach men to trample bad [justice and] law under their feet." — Wendell Phillips (1811-1884). BAJ: What is your name and number? BP:

Conflict over Iron Gates development

Conflict over Iron Gates development By Brett Jones The Iron Gates housing development, under construction near Evans Head, in northern NSW, is a cause of conflict between developer Iron Gates Pty Ltd and the local Bundjalung people. The

'An end to corruption, torture and tyranny'

Jose Ramos Horta, the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and special representative overseas for the East Timorese resistance sent the following message to Resistance, the national socialist youth organisation, which is organising a "Free East Timor,

Students occupy NMIT

Students occupy NMIT @box text intro = MELBOURNE — On May 9, inspired by the occupation of the Melbourne University administration building, members of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE student union occupied their offices in defiance

Job cuts in Department of Defence

By Joe Casella SYDNEY — The national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, Wendy Caird, accompanied by the president of the ACTU, Jennie George, met Department of Defence delegates on May 6 at the Defence Plaza here. Union

'Draw the line! Stop the Cuts!'

'Draw the line! Stop the Cuts!' By Graham Matthews BRISBANE — "What we're hoping out of the rally against the budget on May 13 is that it will be a start" of a fight back, Claire Moore, Queensland state secretary of the Community and

Global decline of mammals

Global decline of mammals By Roar Bjonnes Siberian and Bengal tigers, and nearly one-fourth of the rest of the world's mammal species, are threatened with extinction. A recent study of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) suggests that