Women victims of Kennett's cuts
By Elle Morrell
MELBOURNE — Public opinion polls have consistently recorded a much higher disapproval of the Victorian government from women than from men. Fifty-nine per cent of women the latest Saulwick
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By Vivienne Porzsolt
SYDNEY — Human rights are at the core of a real settlement to the conflicts in the Middle East, said Dr Gabi Baramki, the president of Bir Zeit University, at a public meeting on October 13.
Bir Zeit University is a
Lesbians celebrate in Brisbane
By Carolyn Ride
BRISBANE — Lesbians, gay men and supportive heterosexuals celebrated International Lesbian Day, October 10, with a public mock wedding in Post Office Square.
Deni and Solange,
By Marc Purcell
In May, the clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss announced that, because of gross human rights violations, the company would cease all operations in Burma.
The All Burma Student Democratic Front and the dissident Federation of
By Max Lane
Important sections of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) have joined the break from the Stalinist politics of the CPP's past. The regional committee of the Negros CPP, the democratic bloc of the Panay regional party
By Paul Oboohov
SYDNEY — New Zealand brewing giant Lion Nathan bugged, spied upon, videoed and photographed union meetings of workers during a recent dispute at its Tooheys plant here recently.
Criminal lawyer and Sun-Herald columnist
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — When Russian citizens elected new people's deputies in the spring of 1990, they believed they were laying the basis for democratic change. And when the deputies elected Yeltsin chairperson of the Supreme Soviet,
The Nostradamus Kid
A film by Bob Ellis
Starring Noah Taylor and Miranda Otto
Reviewed by Peter Boyle
This is one of those films that annoys some people, intrigues others and makes some people laugh a lot. The subject matter of The
October 8, 1993. Moscow
Dear Friends,
We have received many inquiries about the events in Moscow from September 21 to October 7. We have not had an opportunity to write a formal long letter about these events and thus we send you a brief
Sex vs gender
There appears to be a growing trend in the mainstream press, that is becoming reflected in the progressive press, to make use of the term gender where sex is more appropriate.
Have you ever seen a questionnaire that asks "What
By Dick Nichols
On October 18 mass meetings of Public Sector Union members around Australia voted to strike for 24 hours on October 25 and begin a campaign of rolling stoppages from October 26.
The action came in the wake of government
The men have failed
By Brandon Astor Jones
All over the world in ever increasing numbers, women are going to prison. In Australia, over 40% of the women in or about to go to prison are single parents of small children. Of the 300 women now
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