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History - not so 'safe' for those who live it

Gallipoli
Les Carlyon
Macmillan, 2002
600 pages, $35 (pb) The Great War
Les Carlyon
Macmillan, 2006
880 pages, $55(hb)

Letters to the Editor

Radioactive racism If the Howard government is serious about reconciliation, it should repeal blatantly racist legislation. A case in point is the government's attempt to impose a nuclear waste dump on unwilling Aboriginal communities in the

Liberal and Labor hypocrisy on nurses' dispute

VictoriaÂ’s nurses are fighting three enemies: the state Labor government, the hospital administrations, and the federal Coalition government.

Threats to deport Ali Humayun

Ali Beg Humayun was threatened with deportation by the immigration department (DIAC) on October 8. Humayun, a queer Pakistani man, has been locked up for over two-and-a-half years in the Villawood detention centre and is currently appealing a Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) decision not to grant him refugee status.

Resistance and the struggle for a free Burma

Resistance is an active, campaigning organisation. WeÂ’re in there where the struggle is. We donÂ’t just talk about standing up for the oppressed. We actually do it. Recently, we met members of the Burmese community in Canberra at a series of protests outside the Burmese embassy. When we met them, we naturally wanted to jump into the struggle right there alongside them. We were involved in the first meeting of the Canberra Network for Democracy in Burma (CNDB), and helped organise the protest on October 13 for the international day of solidarity with the Burmese struggle.

New Zealand: 'Anti-terror' raids condemned

Two-hundred people protested outside the Wellington District Court on October 17 to protest the arrest of four Wellington men appearing in the court following massive police raids on the homes of many social activists two days earlier, according to a NarcoNews.com article by Julie Web-Pullman. Aotearoa Indymedia reported on October 17 that 80 people protested in Christchurch and 30 in Melbourne on October 16, and 50 protested in Rotorua and 30 in Sydney the following day.

Liberal and Labor hypocrisy on nurses' dispute

VictoriaÂ’s nurses are fighting three enemies: the state Labor government, the hospital administrations, and the federal Coalition government.

Venezuela to write off Guyana debt

On October 3 Caribbean Net News reported that the South American nation Guyana, which borders Venezuela to its west, will soon benefit from a US$12.5 million debt write-off by Venezuela under an agreement expected to be finalised in the near future.

'Send the Burmese military regime into the dustbins of history!

@body intro = My name is Ayi Layah Mon and I am a member of the Mon Youth Group.

Global warming, biofuels worsen world hunger

On October 16, events in more than 150 countries marked World Food Day, which commemorates the founding of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, with the theme of “the right to food”.

'Remember David's death by pulling out the troops

The Socialist Alliance’s anti-war campaign coordinator, Pip Hinman, has offered her condolences to the family of trooper David Pearce, recently killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province.

Venezuela: Campaign for socialism grows

According to an October 8 report from VenezuelaÂ’s Presidential Press Office report, a new poll conducted by polling company Seijas has revealed that only 3.4% of Venezuelans think capitalism is the best system of government; 22.6% said it was preferable to socialism and 62.7% said they preferred socialism to capitalism.