
Issue No 104		27 July 2001

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Letters to the Editor

Dreams Do Come True

The Community Sector suffers continued oppression from all sides of the Parliamentary Political fence.

Kim offers no confidence to the marginalised or dis-empowered. The only real fight is coming from those who are currently taking a militant stand against domination by world Government as demonstrated this weekend at The G8 Summit. More strength to them I say.

The working Class will never win the Class War by standing on the sidelines. Those prepared to abide by social nicecities will be thrust aside as World Capitalism marches forward.

We can not sit back and wait for the Labour Movement in general, for the ALP in particular, to take up the Working Class fight for us.

This war has to be taken up in the streets of Capitalism and against those supporting Globilisation,for them to take notice.

We can not be put off by the Capitalist Press attacking those who take a militant position ( interestingly the Press are using same language that was used by the press in the 60s against those who stood up against the war in Vietnam).

Rulers never freely give, they have to be taken to the barricades before they will relent. We have to take what is rightly ours.

In the end, the fight must be taken up by us, and if we have to take The Union Movement to task, then so be it. Some sections of the Union Movement clearly take the middle road when it is the high road that must be travelled.

In Solidarity the masses can win, but it means commitment for the long fight.

Anthony Burton

Tuntable Via Nimbin NSW

Dreams do come true

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Issue 104 contents

Interview: A Super Agenda
Labor's federal spokesman on superannuation Kelvin Thompson outlines the challenges a Beazley Government will face in managing the nation's savings.

E-Change: 1.4 The Shifting Sands of Ideology
Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel conclude the first part of their study of new politics by looking for core Labor values in a post-Cold War environment.

Corporate: Locking Horns
The same names keep cropping up in the business pages as the web of corporate control stays tied to a few big players. Georgina Murray has been looking at the extent and depth of the connections.

Unions: The Workers Bank
With banks on the nose, David Whiteley looks at how unions and super funds have got together to create the real deal � the workers bank.

International: Phil Davey's Amazon Postcard
The CFMEU's Boy Wonder has downed the megaphone for three months in South America. Here's what he's been up to.

History: Faded Vision of The American Bounder
King O'Malley was an American ex-pat who dreamed of a people's bank. Neale Towart looks at what happened to his vision.

Activists: The Big Gee-Up
With the big guns of the anti-corporate movement in town, Mark Hebblewhite goes looking for a definition of globalisation.

Indonesia: Where to the Workers After Gus Dur?
At the end of a turbulent week, Jasper Goss looks at the impact of the overthrow of Wahid on Indonesian workers.

Review: Mixing Pop and Politics
'The Bank' is a new Australian film that takes a contemporary political issue and transforms it into a piece of compelling popular culture.

Satire: Milosevic's Defence: "I Was Just Issuing Orders"
Disgraced former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has brushed off against charges for war crimes against humanity and mass genocide.

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