GREEN LEFT WEEKLY http://www.peg.apc.org/greenleft Issue #352 March 10, 1999 Green Left Weekly provides news, information, opinion and debate from an environmental and left perspective. Featured this week: HEROIN HYPOCRISY Australian government spending on policing drug use far exceeds that on drug treatment and education. Rather than trying to solve the public health issue of drug addiction, Australian governments have cemented the links between drugs and crime, thereby punishing the victims and exacerbating the social problem. COVER STORY Facts that speak for themselves Heroin hypocrisy: why politicians punish the victims RESISTANCE MAGAZINE Student power: the Indonesian example Students -- a catalyst for revolution? Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor Coalition attack on student unions unveiled The effects of VSU VSU: it's time to turn up the heat Alien nation Rally to stop environmental destruction Cartton: Rebel Sheep FEATURES `Forward ever, backward never!' -- 20th anniversary of the Grenadian Revolution The government's jobs plan fraud NEWS Victorian ALP factional conflict VSU campaign needs leadership EarthSave: not what it seems Strike at Sun Metals In defence of `throwback' unionism Candidates discuss environmental policies MUA: Alan Jones says Coombs isn't so bad IWD marches show feminism is far from over SA public servants intensify action Seminars discuss East Timor's future Union summer school Organising against `nuclear capitalism' Hindmarsh Island defamation web site Sydney universities strike Students win back control of student affairs ISSUES Too many parties? Literacy, history and blaming the victim Sally Bowen, 1918-1999 British government behind N-dump plan Women's illiteracy, not a neo-Malthusian time-bomb INTERNATIONAL NEWS Women in Iraq struggle for their rights Indonesian political prisoners may be pardoned Oil company's greed kills workers For peace and justice in Afghanistan Scotland's domestic violence ad campaign no help Military's man takes over Nigeria PRD finally registered as a political party Scottish Socialist Party holds founding conference Tension mounts for Garvaghy Road residents Ocalan tortured, lawyers threatened Political prisoner sends greetings on IWD Indonesian violence in East Timor continues Anti-capitalist movements linking up CULTURAL DISSENT Andy Warhol's peculiar brand of subversion A ghost or a spirit? Getting the word out about cultural activism A nostalgic company history of Australian Stalinism REGULAR FEATURES Looking out: A day in the life, on Georgia's death row #1 And Ain't I a Woman: Unsuccessful suit makes women pay Loose cannons Action updates Life of Riley: The postmodern condition On the box Editorial: Abolish the army! Chris Kelly's cartoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GREEN LEFT WEEKLY Australia's leading alternative newsweekly Break the media monopoly: read it, buy it, write for it, sell it. http://www.peg.apc.org/~greenleft [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY SUBSCRIPTION: $10 FOR 10 ISSUES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
