The circles that matter
"[ACTU secretary Bill Kelty] still commands respect in many circles and will find among his strongest defenders businessmen such as Lindsay Fox." — Brad Norington, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, September 4.
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By Kamala Emanuel
NEWCASTLE — A panel consisting of a high school activist, a doctor working in reproductive health and a trade unionist who attended last year's Beijing Conference on Women addressed a forum on the impact on women of Howard's
Save Barrington Tops
NEWCASTLE — "No Forests — No Future" was the title of a public meeting here on August 27 organised by the Wilderness Society. The meeting, attended by 140 people, was called to discuss woodchipping in native forests and
Pushing the plastic princess
Imagine a new concept in marketing, aimed at warping the minds of little girls to convince them that the last word in glamour in this sick society is represented by a fully made-up, blonde-haired and blue-eyed
'No food for our communist enemies'
With these words uttered in front of the television cameras, the police stopped the parents of students locked up in Yonsei University from bringing food and medicine to their sons and daughters. The final
By James Vassilopoulos
The Senate Economic References Committee, which examined the Coalition government's Workplace Relations Bill, reported on August 22. Three reports emanated from the committee: the majority report backed by the ALP, a
By Daniel Kelly
With the 1996 federal budget, the Howard government released Reforming Employment Assistance, a ministerial statement by Senator Amanda Vanstone, minister for employment, education, training and youth affairs (DEETYA). The statement
By Norm Dixon
As a national strike by 165,000 public sector workers entered its third week, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) warned the government that workers in the private sector would also walk out if it continued to refuse to
Global merchants of death
Tobacco has become a political issue in the 1996 presidential campaign. First, Republican candidate Bob Dole, while speaking in a tobacco-growing state, said that many smokers never become addicted to nicotine. This is
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Workers at one of Russia's largest atomic power plants won another round late in August in a long-running battle to force management and the government to keep wage payments up to date. Protest action at the Leningrad
Philippine union fights railway privatisation
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — The "bonanza sale" of public assets has been described as a new form of colonising the Third World. The Ramos government in the Philippines, with Ramos describing
By Jorge Jorquera
PERTH — Up to 2000 people participated in the September 5 stop the budget rally here. Almost half were high school students. All the university campuses had good contingents, and hundreds came from nearly every Perth TAFE,
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