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Resistance Centre celebrates 10th birthday

14 = Resistance Centre celebrates 10th birthday By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Brisbane Resistance Centre celebrated its 10th anniversary with a lively night on August 10. Some 100 people packed in to hear Ant McKenna, Isis, and Chris Anderson

Tasmanian bosses demand more handouts

By Iggy Kim HOBART — In the face of a continuing decline in profits, bosses in Tasmania have sounded a strong warning to the state government. An end of June survey of employers by the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) and the

Campaign against CD censorship

By Dave Regan and James Hutchings ARIA (the Australian Record Industry Association) has recently brought in new guidelines which restrict the sale of many CDs and completely ban others. The guidelines are a harsher version of the system of

Abolition 2000

Abolition 2000 PERTH — A new campaign, Abolition 2000, was launched on August 6 by WA Greens Senator Dee Margetts and People for Nuclear Disarmament campaigner Jo Vallentine. Speakers included Bill Ethel from the CFMEU, Peter Holland and Fiona

Letter from the US: 'Reforming' children into hunger &&

'Reforming' children into hunger By Barry Sheppard By stating his willingness to sign the welfare "reform" bill passed with support from both Democrats and Republicans, President Clinton stepped into the vanguard of world leaders spearheading

Russian miners promise a 'hot autumn'

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Coal miners are pressing ahead in a battle to force the government and coal companies to hand over wages that have gone unpaid from as far back as February. During the first week of August, more than 50,000 workers in

Call for nuclear test ban treaty

By Pip Hinman While China has said it will undertake a nuclear testing moratorium from July 30, nuclear disarmament campaigners in Australia warned that the July 29 nuclear test at Lop Nor may not be China's last and called on all nuclear weapons

and ain't i a woman?: Knowing what's good for us

Knowing what's good for us In late July, Australian columnist Judith Sloan — the employing class's Trojan horse amongst women — launched a spirited defence of the clauses in Peter Reith's industrial relations bill that deregulate part-time and

Plasticisers in our food &&

By Barry Densley As consumers, we implicitly trust food manufacturers and government to maintain appropriate safeguards to prevent food contamination. Australian health officials recently ordered an investigation of locally manufactured baby

Zapatistas hold successful international conference

By Sandra Wallace and Neville Spencer MEXICO CITY — From July 27 to August 3, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) hosted the first Intercontinental Meeting for Humanity and Against Neo-liberalism in the jungles of Chiapas in southern

Oh where, oh where has Labor's heartland gone?

Oh where, oh where has Labor's heartland gone? By Dave Wright SYDNEY — One hundred people gathered at the Balmain Leagues Club on August 3 to consider the question: Has Labor lost its heartland forever? The meeting was organised by the Balmain

Poem: The Social Worker &&

The Social Worker Years ago in Glasgow callow youth from troubled folk and folks in trouble I made my crust. As Canutian agent I turned no tides but sometimes struck a chord. I recall a twelve year young car rustler, an