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The ACTU and the struggle for irrelevance

By Herb Thompson Of the national work force, only 39.6% are union members, down from over 50% before the Accords. ACTU secretary Bill Kelty announced before the last election, "Ultimately, it won't be a conservative government that destroys

Write on

Vote for Labor Sean Healey (Write on, GLW March 24) ignores two reasons for calling for a vote for Labour. (1) It is much easier to expose the pro-capitalist nature of the Labour party if they are in Government. When Labour are in

BHP steelworkers in national strike

By Geoff Payne NEWCASTLE — Workers took strike action at nearly all of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steel manufacturing or processing centres last week. The unions' log of claims was endorsed by the membership in December. The

First play by Timorese Cultural Group

By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — Jose Pires left East Timor 17 years ago. He was eight years old. With his brothers and sisters he was bundled into a car and rushed to Dili wharf where the last ship was preparing to depart. The port was ablaze.

Black music through the decades

The Soundtrack of Malcolm X Various artists Qwest/Reprise through Warner Music Available on cassette and CD RCA: The 1st Note in Black Music Various artists BMG Music Available on CD Reviewed by Norm Dixon "What we wanted to

Loose cannons

Suggestions wanted "It was a time when I thought, I've done everything, the $10 million deal, the $100 million deal and the billion-dollar deal, and you ask, where do you go from there?" — Corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley, describing a

... and ain't i a woman?: Shaping reality

Shaping reality Its was hard to work up much solidarity with Meryl Streep when she railed against sex discrimination in Hollywood a couple of years ago. What do the majority of us have in common with a woman campaigning for the right to be

The Living End

The Living End The Living End A film by Greg Araki Starring Mike Dytri and Craig Gilmore Kino Cinema, Melbourne Reviewed by Kylie Budge and Jo Brown The original draft of the The Living End was called Fuck the World. That

Meeting focuses on women in prison

By Rachael Harris MELBOURNE — About 150 people attended a memorial on March 26 at the Melbourne Town Hall for women who have died in custody or shortly after being released from custody. Women in Fairlea and Barwon prisons also held their

Misplacing people

People and Place Australian Forum for Population Studies, Monash University Subscriptions $25 (Australia), $30 (overseas) Reviewed by Jeremy Smith A new journal publishes research on migration patterns, labour markets, the urban sprawl

Occupied school to resist closure

Occupied school to resist closure By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — The parents, students and community activists who are occupying and operating Richmond Secondary College (one of 52 schools official closed by the Kennett government last

Radio highlights

Diamonds Aren't Forever — Sandy McCutcheon reports on the threatened forced removal of 700 people from diamond diggings in South Africa's western Transvaal — land they have lived on since 1926. ABC Radio National, Fri April 9, 12.10 p.m.