Re: M-TH: Republic (and preamble) defeated...

1999-11-09 Thread Rob Schaap
It was an ugly mean little document that nowhere near represented the wishes of the majority of Aboriginal Australians, George. Nor, obviously, the rest of us. There's a fair bit of racism about, I don't deny that, but no more than anywhere else I've lived - and I doubt it was at all a decisive

Re: M-TH: Republic (and preamble) defeated...

1999-11-09 Thread George Pennefather
But Bob they also voted in a referendum on the same day against accepting the original inhabitants, the Aborigines. as the original owners of Australia. As far as I know this is the case --racism. Warm regards George Pennefather Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web site at http://h

M-TH: Fwd: Check THIS out!

1999-11-09 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Rozoff) >Reply-To: "STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Check THIS out! >Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:26:06 -0600 (CST) > >STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG > > [The following i

M-TH: Fwd: Investigations belie NATO's "genocide" claims

1999-11-09 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
>World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org > >Investigations belie NATO claims of "ethnic genocide" in >Kosovo > >By Chris Marsden and Barry Grey >9 November 1999 > >Substantial evidence has emerged refuting the central justification for >NATO's war against >Serbia—the claim that the Milosevic regim

M-TH: Preamble

1999-11-09 Thread Bullimore / Kim Maree (COM)
The defeat of the preamble is quite interesting. It was defeated in greater numbers in Queensland and Western Australia - which are much more conservative and have a bit more of a redneck element about them, especially towards Aboriginals and Asians. Apparently in the areas where there were la

Re: SV: M-TH: Republic (and preamble) defeated...

1999-11-09 Thread Bullimore / Kim Maree (COM)
Yes, you are right. One of the main sticking points in the republic debate was the "model" put forward. The majority of Australians (according to surveys etc) favoured a directly elected president. Apparently many pro-republicans voted no, because of the model on offer. The interesting thing abo

Re: M-TH: Chechnya - the revolutionary answer

1999-11-09 Thread Chris Burford
Chris: >> The way it achieves a pure and in practice entirely abstract political >> position is too subtle for Dave to summarise in English here? Dave: >Up yours too Burford Ah, the answer has arrived. In English. But what has this to do with the oppression of the Chechens by Yeltsin's g

M-TH: Corporate dictators

1999-11-09 Thread Charles Brown
Corporate dictators plot their next move The Morning Star of London LONDON, England - Leaders of the top 100 transnational corporations in the world gathered in Berlin Oct. 30 to meet with officials from the European Union (EU) and Washington to decide its policies. The group, known as Trans

Re: M-TH: Chechnya - the revolutionary answer

1999-11-09 Thread Dave Bedggood
Up yours too Burford > Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 08:25:56 + > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: M-TH: Chechnya - the revolutionary answer > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > At 17:14 09/11/99 +, you wrote: > >Supe

M-TH: Chechnya - the revolutionary answer

1999-11-09 Thread Chris Burford
At 17:14 09/11/99 +, you wrote: >Super reply Chris. Keep it up. >You might note that the point of surveying the various brands of >socialism in CM was to characterise their class standpoint. What's >your's Chris? >As for Chechyna, the LCMRCI has along with several other groups put >out a st