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The Poors of Chatsworth: South Africa's undeclared war on the poor

REVIEW BY RICHARD PITHOUSE The Poors of ChatsworthBy Ashwin DesaiMadiba PublishersSouth Africa, 2000 DURBAN — Ashwin Desai describes his book, The Poors of Chatsworth, as "journalism, an account from the frontlines of the [South African]

Write on: letters to the editor

Newcastle student election I've just discovered your article, "Students outraged by Newcastle Uni election decision", by Melody Coutman & Alison Dellit. Articles such as this have broken my faith in Â鶹´«Ã½ as a reliable source of information.

and ain't i a woman?: Stop blaming the victim — again

In recent years, the backlash against feminism has made significant ground — as evidenced by the resurgence of blatantly sexist advertising, government cuts to child care funding, and the propensity of morally conservative ideas fed to us in films

SOUTH KOREA: Workers' rally reveals ranks' anger

BY IGGY KIM SEOUL — The annual National Workers' Rally, held on the weekend of November 11-12, showed signs that the decline in militancy that has plagued the South Korean labour movement this year is reversing. The leadership of the Korean

Left victory for Wollongong SRC

BY NICOLE HILDER WOLLONGONG — Left-wing students at Wollongong university fended off a challenge from the right-wing and regained control over the Student Representative Council (SRC) in elections held on October 24-26. The left won all office

Pregnant worker wins appeal

BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — A pregnant diesel fitter, sent on unpaid maternity leave by her employer Mount Isa Mines, has successfully appealed to the Queensland industrial commission against the giant company. The commission on November 16 ordered

INDIA: Why the powerful fear gherao

BY SUE BULL& TIM GOODEN UTTAR PRADESH, India — As Australian activists debate the tactics of blockades following the September 11-13 protests in Melbourne, we could learn a great deal from the Indian practice of gherao (meaning blockade or

NICARAGUA: Sandinistas surge in local elections

BY NEVILLE SPENCER The leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has increased its strength in Nicaragua's municipal elections held on November 5, raising the possibility of it winning back power in next years' presidential and

SWAZILAND: Strikes, protests shake monarchy

Mass strikes and protests have shaken Africa's last absolute monarchy. A movement, led by the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU), political and student groups, has been demanding labour and democratic reforms. In response,

'People's power' for the Rabbitohs

BY MARGARET GLEESON SYDNEY — An estimated 80,000 people marched from Redfern Oval to Sydney Town Hall on November 12 to demand the inclusion of the South Sydney "Rabbitohs" football team in the 2001 National Rugby League competition. The massive

After S11: globalising resistance to capitalism

BY JUSTIN RANDELL Members of the Democratic Socialist Party, Resistance and others inspired by the growing anti-capitalist movement will meet for the 19th DSP congress, to be held in western Sydney from January 3-7. The theme of the

Candidate raises outsourcing issues

BY PAUL OBOOHOV CANBERRA — Members First candidate for deputy president of the ACT branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), Deborah Lally, is focusing her campaign on the lack of action taken by the ACT and national union