>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:22:18 -0700 >From: Green Left Parramatta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.greenleft.org.au > Green Left Weekly, > Issue #411 > July 12, 2000 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Green Left Weekly provides news, information, opinion and debate from an >environmental and left perspective. > >Featured this week: WHY LABOR WON'T ABOLISH HOWARD'S GST > >The ALP ``opposition'' has been making much ado about its intention to >``roll back'' the GST when next in government but stops well short of >promising to abolish this regressive and discriminatory tax. Abolishing the >GST would be easy, so what's Labor's problem? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >COVER STORY > > * Why Labor won't abolish Howard's GST > >INTERNATIONAL NEWS > > * INDONESIA: Behind the `religious' violence in Maluku > * PAKISTAN: Authorities arrest unionists > * FIJI: Military appointed government `completes the coup' > * IRAQ: Let's destroy this lethal weapon! > * IRAQ: Support the campaign against the sanctions > * ZIMBABWE: ZANU-PF severely injured in MDC landslide > * SOUTH AFRICA: Thousands march to demand access to AIDS treatment > * Rich countries' post-Seattle manoeuvring > * CUBA: Elian's homecoming -- when the people heard the news > * CUBA: New US bill tightens blockade > * EAST TIMOR:Political clarification as transition unfolds > * INDONESIA: PRD files lawsuit against Suharto > * INDONESIA: Yet another human rights investigation compromised > * INDONESIA and EAST TIMOR news briefs > * SWITZERLAND: Conference against neo-liberalism > * GERMANY: The end of nuclear power or the end of the Greens? > * MEXICO: Ruling party's defeat changes political panorama > * AUSTRIA: Trade unions organise day of action > * INDIA: Mass campaign to resist massacres in Bihar > * HONG KONG & MACAU: Protest waves test Beijing's promises > * UNITED STATES: Race and class -- `Downloading while Asian' > * LEBANON postcard > * IMF: A `useful veil' for austerity > >FEATURES > > * The Female Eunuch 30 years on > * Editorial: Slash Australia's war spending! > >CULTURAL DISSENT > > * Phil Cohen and Patricia Ford: Emotionally powerful stories of real >people > * Cannon's Socialism on Trial: Clear and convincing account of >socialism > * Bring Out the Dead: Barbarism, US style > >ISSUES > > * Resistance conference dares to struggle and win > * Australian plutonium venture warrants scrutiny > * Late-term abortion fans anti-choice flames > * A letter from John Howard > * Robert Long is lucky to be alive > * Judith Wright, 1915-2000 > * Jessie Mary (Bon) Hull, March 28, 1915-June 16, 2000 > * ACTU congress goes nowhere > >AUSTRALIAN NEWS > > * The `privatisation of everything' > * Tasmanian upper house stymies land rights > * Union backdown on tax office agreement > * Queensland hospital workers strike > * Student environmentalists back collective action > * Clouds gather over Bondi stadium > * Sydney protests against the GST > * Arabunna walkers reach Broken Hill > * Pay equity a small step closer in NSW > * Textile workers win right to pattern bargain > * John Howard, the `miniature man' > * `World heritage in danger' campaign intensified > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Articles posted are as they were before proofreading, and prior to any >final changes in the printed version. > >All articles appearing in Green Left Weekly, and reprinted here, are >copyright by their authors. However, most regular contributors have granted >permission for their work to be republished by non-profit green, left, >human rights or generally progressive publications. > >Where such permission has NOT been granted, articles are marked with the >symbol && in the index above. Before reprinting such an article, or if >uncertain whether your publication is allowed to reprint, please inquire by >e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >ALL cartoons are copyright and must not be reproduced without permission of >the artist. > > We like to know what audiences we are reaching, and would therefore >appreciate being informed of any republication (in print or >electronically). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > * > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
