By Julia Bale
Last week was the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. On January 30, 1972, troops from the First Parachute Regiment of the British Army opened fire on peaceful civil rights protesters in Derry. The 10,000-strong
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CBC workers fight cuts
Public broadcasting in Canada is also under attack. By April, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will have had its budget slashed by $400 million. More than 2000 workers will lose their jobs, including those with the news
[This is an abridged version of a discussion paper put forward by the socialist youth organisation Resistance for discussion in the student movement.] This will be a crunch year for tertiary education in this country, one in which the student
By Sonny Melencio
MANILA — Temic (Telefunken Microelectronics Incorporated) is a company with around 3500 workers, mostly women, in the microchips industry. The Temic plant in Taguig, Metro Manila, accounts for 80% of German investment in the
Army planning attack on rebels?
Elements of the Mexican government and several state governments have been stepping up repressive measures against opposition groups. On January 11, Morelos state police arrested three members of the Tepozteco Unity
Off SideBy Manuel Vazquez MontalbanSerpent's Tail, 1996. 275 pp. Review by Phil Shannon
In the hands of a writer of critical social awareness, the detective novel can be an effective window on the greed, hypocrisy, violence and related vices of
Comment by Ted Trainer
Â鶹´«Ã½ has frequently urged us to block the budget and fight the cuts. If you agree, I think you might be making some serious mistakes. Capitalism ran into major over-production in the 1970s. The factory owners now cannot
By Pip Hinman
There's a perception that the ABC has been spared because the Mansfield inquiry did not recommend further budget cuts and opposed the introduction of sponsorship and advertising. This is dead wrong. The ABC is facing the biggest
By Stuart Russell
Jittery about the worsening economic situation and threats to its authority, Big Brother is arriving increasingly at our workplaces and homes. Bosses and the state in Australia and other western countries are intensifying their
Careers with what?
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — The appropriately named daily newspaper, the Advertiser, managed to fill a quarter of a page last week reporting that federal and state ministers for employment and education, Amanda Vanstone and
JILL HICKSON visited Indonesia in December to make a documentary video. Here she describes her discussions with women factory workers. I met with women workers from Tangerang and other outlying industrial areas around Jakarta. They talked about some
Hate mail
The Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group may be able to help the police track down neo-Nazi groups operating in Tasmania. Group spokesperson Rodney Croome said on January 28 that high profile gay and lesbian advocates have been
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