By Doug Lorimer
The following article is abridged from a talk presented to the Marxism 2000 conference in Sydney, January 5-9, 2000. Utilising Karl Marx's theory of capitalist development, V.I. Lenin concluded 85 years ago that all the features
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Aboriginal communities face deregistration
By Linda Kaucher
Hundreds of remote Aboriginal communities face the loss of title to their land because of federal government enforcement of seriously flawed legislation. Federal law requires all
On February 14 in Manila, 3000 students participated in a rally against education funding cuts and tuition fee increases. It was the biggest student rally in three years. The budget for state universities for the year 2000 has been cut by 700 million
Nuclear waster dump: 10 reasons for a referendum
By Jim Green
1. Sydneysiders have been told that long-lived intermediate-level nuclear wastes — including reprocessing wastes from the nuclear reactor in Lucas Heights — will definitely be
Bob Brown: mandatory sentencing is not justice
Australian Greens senator BOB BROWN has been one of the fiercest critics of mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. He has introduced a private member's bill to
By Mark Abberton
Five hundred people participated in a four-day congress beginning February 23 in Sentani, in Indonesian-controlled West Papua, to discuss efforts to build a unified leadership for independence. About 1000 security personnel stood
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By Marina Carman
When thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit in Seattle for three days last November, it was proof that people are increasingly angry about the blatant inequality and powerful corporate influence
South Africa: 'Guns not butter' budget criticised
By Norm Dixon
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been criticised for introducing an annual budget on February 23 that massively boosts spending for the armed services,
Leftists attacked in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Worker Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) has accused the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) — which jointly rules Iraqi Kurdistan with the Kurdish Democratic Party at the behest of Washington — of a savage
Revolutionary sex and free love
Review by Phil Shannon
Love of Worker Bees and A Great LoveBy Alexandra KollontaiTranslated and introduced by Cathy Porter Virago, 1999378 pp., $17.95 (pb) In their crusade against socialism, conservatives love to
'Choke on your blue, white and scarlet hypocrisy!'
Native North American Child: An OdysseyBuffy Sainte-Marie Vanguard 79340-2Order through CD shops that import Review by Tom Flanagan
Buffy Sainte-Marie is possibly unique among the 1960s
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