GLW issue 274, published 1997-05-14.

Hanson, racism and the far right

REIHANA MOHIDEEN, the convener of Asian Australians Against Further Intimidation and a member of the national executive of the Democratic Socialist Party, will soon begin a national speaking tour to campaign against the racist offensive spearheaded

Students occupy NMIT

Students occupy NMIT @box text intro = MELBOURNE — On May 9, inspired by the occupation of the Melbourne University administration building, members of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE student union occupied their offices in defiance

In dangerous times, we need solidarity

SONNY MELENCIO is a representative of the Philippines socialist workers centre BMP. This is an abridged version of his talk to a May Day Solidarity Forum in Sydney. We are living in dangerous times. Events today evoke memories of the 1930s, when the

National day of action a big success

By Sean Healy More than 10,000 university and secondary students and university staff rallied nationwide on May 8 to demand that the federal government reverse the drastic funding cuts to education implemented in last year's budget. The national

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Australian News

'Draw the line! Stop the Cuts!'

'Draw the line! Stop the Cuts!' By Graham Matthews BRISBANE — "What we're hoping out of the rally against the budget on May 13 is that it will be a start" of a fight back, Claire Moore, Queensland state secretary of the Community and

Governments plan to victimise teachers

Governments plan to victimise teachers By Sean Healy Under the guise of offering teachers and schools greater "freedom" and raising the status of teachers, the federal government has launched a campaign to push teachers onto

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International News

Letter from the US: Detroit labour march set

Detroit labour march setDetroit labour march set By Barry Sheppard Newspaper workers now in the 22nd month of a strike have won important support in a call by top American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations

Volatile politics prompts early elections in France

In his state of the republic address last year, French President Jacques Chirac said: "The dissolution of the National Assembly is a constitutional weapon which the president cannot deploy for reasons of personal convenience". But On April 21, Chirac

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Editorial

A racist attack on native title

Editorial: A racist attack on native title A racist attack on native title In his much-featured and analysed criticism of the blatantly racist lies being spread by Pauline Hanson on May 8, PM John Howard said that Hanson was "wrong" to

Cultural Dissent

The evolution of a rebel music

Get Up, Stand Up: A History of ReggaeSBSMonday, May 19, 8.30pm (8pm in SA) Review by Norm Dixon Reggae is the world's favourite Caribbean music. It is Jamaica's most famous export. Between 1970 and the early 1980s, it ranked as one of the

A gutsy working-class fairytale

The CastleCity and suburban cinemas Review by Brendan Doyle A bloke's home is his castle, right? Wrong. That's the big illusion of tow truck driver Darryl Kerrigan, who built his own emoh ruo next to the airport because land was cheap. When

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