racism alive and kicking in oz

From the bovver boys brains trust, the Australian League of Rights,


THE OLIGARCHS OR HOW THE VIRGIN BECAME A WHORE

by Uri Avnery From Israel Shamir July 31, 2004:

This is a TV series about Russia. But it could have been about Israel. Or about the United States. It is entitled "The Oligarchs" and is now being screened on Israeli television. Some of its episodes are simply unbelievable - or would have been, if they had not come straight from the horses' mouths: the heroes of the story, who gleefully boast about their despicable exploits. The series was produced by Israeli immigrants from Russia.

The "oligarchs" are a tiny group of entrepreneurs who exploited the disintegration of the Soviet system to loot the treasures of the state and to amass plunder amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars. In order to safeguard the perpetuation of their business, they took control of the state. Six out of the seven are Jews.


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BOOKS, BOOKS FROM THE MAILING SERVICES

"Not Happy, John" by Margo Kingston: Solicitor, lecturer in business law and political commentator, Sydney Morning Herald journalist Margo Kingston thinks its crunch time for Australia. She tells us she isn't interested in the old, out-worn left-right rhetoric, what she is interested in is the urgent need for Australians to reassert the core values that once made this nation a humane, egalitarian, liberal democracy - the core values with which she agrees. We could agree with her on many issues.

She writes that she is not happy with the way Howard:

o He snuck us into the Iraq war without ever really telling us why.
o Trampled on our democratic right to know.
o Wants to give the Media Moguls control of ALL our news.
o Lets Big Donations/Big Business share a barbecue with him and George.
o Uses "globalisation" to avoid accountability.
o Treats Australians as passive consumers not as CITIZENS and people of goodwill.

And much, much more. Paperback, pp446, $30.00 posted.