GLW issue 353, published 1999-03-17.

Speak-out against anti-abortionists

Speak-out against anti-abortionists By Jenny Long SYDNEY — Around 30 activists attended a March 13 speak-out against anti-abortionists' harassment of patients at an abortion clinic in Sydney's inner west. As pro-choice activists described the

Council kicks out Boral

Council kicks out Boral By Alison Dellit and Hugh McCallum NEWCASTLE — On February 9, Newcastle City Council voted nine to two to make environmental performance part of the criteria for deciding which companies it will have commercial dealings

The new 'new middle class' — not!

The new 'new middle class' — not! By Jonathan Singer Federal ALP backbencher Mark Latham announced in a February 23 Australian Financial Review article that "wired workers" are "a constituency social democrats have long dreamt about. Now the

Yugoslavia and history

Yugoslavia and history By Michael Karadjis Jerome Fitzgerald ("Write on", GLW #348) correctly points to the importance of history and the need to get our facts right. Unfortunately, he repeats some common views on the conflicts in Yugoslavia

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Australian News

Public meeting opposes power station

Public meeting opposes power station By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — Four hundred people attended a public meeting organised by Community Action for Pelican Point on March 9. CAPP opposes the building of a power station at Pelican Point on the LeFevre

Feminists march for IWD

After having been postponed due to rain a week earlier, the International Women's Day march went ahead in Adelaide on March 13, reports Jo Ellis. Three hundred women and men rallied in support of the march's main demand, that anti-abortion laws be

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International News

Fight over water privatisation in South Africa

Fight over water privatisation in South Africa By Anna Weekes JOHANNESBURG — Attempts by the African National Congress government to privatise the water of Dolphin Coast municipality in kwaZulu-Natal province, in breach of a national agreement,

Victory for Scottish socialists

Victory for Scottish socialists GLASGOW — The registrar of political parties has been forced into a humiliating climb-down by the Scottish Socialist Party. The registrar's decision to bar the SSP from the ballot for the May 6 Scottish Assembly

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Editorial

Washington's hidden war on Iraq

Washington's hidden war on Iraq Imagine the United States is involved in its most intense air war since the 1991 Gulf War, and its most protracted since the Vietnam War. As it bombs its �enemy� many times every day, it kills several dozen

Resistance!

A history of Liberal attacks on student unions

By Sean Healy VSU didn't drop from the sky in 1993, when the WA and Victorian legislation was first floated. Rather, it has a 20-year history originating in attempts by right-wing students and governments to muzzle student organisations. The first

Marxist feminism

Marxist feminism By Kathy Newnam "The general level of emancipation of a society is indicated by the level of emancipation of its women." This statement, drawn from the studies of Marx and his close collaborator, Engels, holds as true today as

Further Resistance!

Cultural Dissent

Beckett's back to haunt us

Beckett's back to haunt us Burnt PianoWritten by Justin FlemingDirected by Richard WherrettBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyFrom March 9 Review by Brendan Doyle The danger of having a monumental dramatist like Samuel Beckett as a major character in

The Works! — a day in the life of Kennett's Victoria

A short story by Dave Massey 6am: Home. That bloody clock, it's happened again! $8 at a garage sale was not money well spent. 6.20am: The street. Mounting those steps into the bus, sometimes I feel I'm stepping into the abyss. "How's it going"?

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