By Eva Cheng
Readers of the western press are told that the economy in China has been "booming" in recent years and the people living in increasing "prosperity" due to their new-found economic freedom. The tens of millions of workers in
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By Samuel King
"Education for and through enterprise" was the refrain of the 1995 Karpin report to the federal Labor government, attempting to legitimise direct ties between the school system and business. Since that time, the trend towards
By Jeremy Smith
Last year an education alliance was formed among student unions, the NTEU and other campus unions and the vice-chancellors, in opposition to the Howard government's tertiary education funding cutbacks. It was quietly acknowledged
Close Lucas Heights!
The federal government should not allow nuclear waste to be reprocessed at the Lucas Heights nuclear facility south of Sydney. It should close it down altogether, and withdraw completely from the nuclear fuel cycle.
The
By John Foster
In a recent front-page article in the Latrobe Valley Express, Health Services Union of Australia organiser Doug Byron revealed a number of serious outstanding concerns among his members, warning that uncertainty among staff at the
details = Rocking the FoundationsScreened at the Wild Spaces Film Festival in Hobart in February
Review by Ben Courtice
This film, an old favourite of radical activists, charts the rise of the NSW branch of the Builders Labourers'
Legal aid crisis escalates
By Stuart Russell
SYDNEY — On March 5, thousands of legal services workers, trade unionists, community organisations and supporters joined lunchtime rallies around the country to protest the Howard
The SeagullBy Anton ChekhovTranslated by Oleg Bichenkov, Anatoly Frusin and Neil ArmfieldDirected by Neil ArmfieldBelvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, until April 13
Review by Allen Myers
"Unrequited love's a bore", according to the song. Not in
By Glen Barry
Asian industrial loggers are poised to significantly impact the world's largest rainforest wilderness, the Amazon. Within the past year, several of south-east Asia's biggest forestry conglomerates — known for abysmal
Hindmarsh Island bridge inquiries
By Richard Owen
Environment, Resources and Development Committee Inquiry (1993)
An open inquiry that recommended: that the bridge be stopped and the ferry service upgraded; the development of a
Growing support for Indonesian election boycott
By James Balowski
In the context of widespread anger against the ousting of popular opposition figure Megawati Sukarnoputri from her position as leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party
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