BORIS KAGARLITSKY, the internationally known writer on Russia and socialist activist, visited Australia at Easter, speaking at the Campaigning for Democratic Socialism conferences. He then visited South Africa before returning to Moscow. The
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By Margaret Gleeson
ADELAIDE — In what the Advertiser hailed as a "radical blueprint for local government reform" the long-awaited report of the ministerial advisory group (MAG) on local government reform was released on July 26.
Women's Party launched in Brisbane
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — A new party, the Australian Women's Party, was launched here on August 11. AWP secretary Jenny Hughey, a former president of Queensland Labor Women, said equal
Football Ltd: The Inside Story of the AFL
By Garry Linnell
Ironbark, 1995. 393 pp., $17.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Ah, footy! The pleasure of sinking your boot into the perfect torp, or gasping at the silky skills of a
@edit = Croatia has the right to independence within its recognised borders — outlined in the 1974 constitution of the Yugoslav federation. From that standpoint, there can be no objection to the reclaiming of "Krajina" by the Croatian army.
Garner lashes back
By Kath Gelber
@column = It is the best thing that ever happened to her career. Plucked from relative intellectual obscurity, Helen Garner has become a darling of establishment circles. Invited to speak on
Mt Isa enterprise deal
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Workers at the MIM Mt Isa mine voted overwhelmingly to accept a new enterprise deal on August 10, ending a nine-month dispute which involved strikes, bans and a major lockout.
CEPU elections in WA
By Michael Bramwell
PERTH — A group of left unionists is campaigning for election in the WA electrical division of the CEPU (Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union). Vince George, Owen Wood and Ken
By Jane Slaughter
On October 1, the 3 million member German metalworkers' union, IG Metall, will achieve the goal it set back in 1977 — the 35-hour week at 40 hours' pay. A strike in 1984 resulted in the first cut, to 38.5 hours, and
A personal account by Nunu Santos
The famous November 12, 1991, demonstration at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili informed the whole world that the young people of East Timor are committed to winning independence. The massacre that day also
Democrats and the New Right
@letter = Pip Hinman's article on the sorry state of the Australian Democrats (GLW #197) was indeed accurate. Last week, before seeing the issue of Â鶹´«Ã½, I severed my association with the Party. This
The Will to Violence: The Politics of Personal Behaviour
By Susanne Kappeler
Published in 1995 by Spinifex Press, 288 pp., $24.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Kath Gelber
The Will to Violence presents a powerful and one-sided critique
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