Politicians and government officials point to the historic low unemployment in the African-American community as a sign of a strong economy and future where whites and blacks will finally have an opportunity for an equal share of the American dream.
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COMMENT BY HELEN RILEY
I would like to take up some of the issues raised by Margaret Allum in her article "Biological parenthood" (GLW, May 17). I am extremely concerned by the argument that we ought to support all technological advances that
Following the huge Harbour Bridge march in Sydney on May 28 (see page 16-17), thousands more people have marched against government racism over the last week. From Lismore, Ema Corro reports that 1500 people crossed three bridges in a march on June
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Addressing the 500 people present for the launch of his new book, Why Weren't We Told?, historian Henry Reynolds described the march for reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge as "thrilling" and as opening the
Tales of workplace violence
A Kind of Violence - Australian workers and workplaces
By Yossi Berger
The Vulgar Press, 1999
Review by Ben Courtice
Yossi Berger has written a detailed account of health and safety conditions
Brisbane Resistance Centre launched
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
BRISBANE — The room swayed to the melodies of the Cuban Revolution while celebrants feasted on Cuban food at the launch of the new Resistance Centre here on May 27. Forty people answered
SOUTH AFRICA: ANC blocks treatment for HIV patients
EAST LONDON, Eastern Cape province — If anyone had any doubt that the era of settlerism and elitism was not over in South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki's antics around the issue of HIV/AIDS
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — After nine days of continual protest against planned cuts to courses and staff numbers, students and staff ended their occupation of Murdoch University's Senate building on May 31. Occupiers condemned vice-chancellor
Looking out: Unlawful searches
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by
LAHORE, Pakistan — On May 26, Rawalpindi police arrested well-known railway worker leader and president of Labour Unity Rawalpindi, Bashir Botter. The police are searching for seven other railway workers, and for the Labour Party Pakistan's (LPP)
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE & KAMALA EMANUEL
HOBART — Tasmania's Labor premier Jim Bacon has rejected calls for state public servants to have access to three months' paid maternity leave. The calls came after state education minister Paula Wriedt's
Lesbians, conception and the law
BY JO ELLIS
The last decade has been characterised as the "lesbian baby boom". Famous lesbians Melissa Etheridge and her partner Julie Cypher have declined to give information about how their baby was
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