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Life of Riley: Figures

Figures I often must step outside my everyday existence and project my concerns from an astral plain — there the better to observe the goings on down below. This week, while at my stellar post, I was joined by that highly esteemed commentator

Advertisement: How to vote for the Democratic Socialists on October 3

How to vote for the Democratic Socialists on October 3 Advertisement How to vote for the Democratic Socialists on October 3 ACT Canberra: Nikki Ulasowski Fraser: Sue Bull NSW Cunningham: Margaret Perrott Grayndler: Michael Karadjis

Apology

Apology In the article "NUS ties itself to Labor" by Marcus Greville and Wendy Robertson (GLW #333), the authors did not intend to suggest that Van Badham and the International Socialist Organisation oppose the demands and objectives of the

Racism's impact

By Helen Basili Mounting controversy over immigration policies and native title in the last few years have left many people asking if there has been a corresponding increase in acts of racism. There are numerous barriers to measuring whether racism

Arguments for socialism: Health — a universal right

Health — a universal right By Pip Hinman I was struck by a series of letters in the Sydney Morning Herald recently about the virtues or otherwise of sending new mothers home immediately after giving birth. Why should they be taking up

Workers rally for award conditions

Workers rally for award conditions By Michael Bull MELBOURNE — On September 16, more than 1000 workers rallied outside the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to protest the challenge by industrial relations minister Peter Reith to

TweedleKim and TweedleJohnny

TweedleKim and TweedleJohnny By Geoff Francis & Peter Hicks You can choose anybody you want — as long as it's Johnny or Kim.You can have any prime minister you want — as long as it's him or him.Politics Australian style is a very

How Thatcher smashed the unions

Inside CowleyBy Alan ThornettPorcupine Press, London, 1998408pp (pb), £17.45 Review by James Vassilopoulos Inside Cowley contains a thousand lessons for trade union militants. It explains how British PM Margaret Thatcher got away with taming

Labor funds Queensland prison boom

By Karen Fredericks BRISBANE — The Peter Beattie Labor state government on September 15 announced a budget which funds the biggest ever expansion of prisons in Australia's history. The budget allocation for corrective services capital expansion

Unionists discuss 'globalisation'

By Russell Pickering CANBERRA — The ACT Trades and Labor Council completed its Politics in the Pub seminars on September 16 with a discussion about "globalisation" and its impact on working people. More than 80 people heard Doug Cameron, national

More arrests at Jabiluka

More arrests at Jabiluka The Jabiluka campaign continues to intensify as 12 people were arrested on September 19 at the proposed uranium mine site in Kakadu National Park. Ten people locked themselves to a metal sculpture of a frill-necked lizard

Anti-racism protesters take to the suburbs again

Anti-racism protesters take to the suburbs again By Lachlan Malloch SYDNEY — On September 19, as noon drew near on a glorious spring day in inner-city Glebe, more than 100 anti-racist protesters gathered to take their message to the community.