Civil liberties under threat
By Jeff Sparrow
MELBOURNE — In what civil liberties campaigner Tim Anderson describes as "The most important political frame-up of the decade", the trial of the "Austudy Five" begins on August 29. The Austudy
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A Fate Worse than Debt
By Susan George
Penguin Books 1990 300 pp., $17
Reviewed by Jack Lance
In A Fate Worse than Debt George analyses the structure of global debt and its effects on all of us — the main ones being poverty,
'Unions need a political alternative'
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — Sixty people attended a Democratic Socialist Party forum on August 10 to discuss the state of the trade unions and strategies on how to rebuild the movement.
Steve
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The 11 miners buried underground after an explosion at the Moura No 2 coal mine on August 7, along with their suffering families, are the victims of the profit drive of BHP and other corporate mining giants.
Twinkletoes
Lion Theatre, Adelaide
Starring Carol Scarlan
Reviewed by Stephen Spence
Jennifer Johnstone's Twinkletoes is about "everything and nothing".
Carol Scarlan's strong performance of this piece for the Third International
1500 rally for the forests
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Undeterred by driving rain, 1500 people attended the Gathering for the Forest in Forrest Place on August 9. The rally called on the federal government to stop woodchipping in old growth
ADELAIDE — An August 11 Adelaide university debate on women's rights to abortion, Resistance and the pro-choice campus clubs versus the "pro-life" group, ended abruptly when National Action forced its closure. National Action, an extreme right-wing
PT launches Brazilian agriculture program
On July 24, the Brazil Popular Front, the coalition supporting the Workers Party (PT), launched its program for Brazilian agriculture — Land, Work and Food for Brazilians — in two regions with a
Repeal all anti-abortion laws!
By Kath Gelber
Actions were held around Australia in the second week of August to coincide with an National Day of Action for Reproductive Rights. The actions focussed on the bid to repeal all anti-abortion
A glimpse behind the figleaf
A good deal of the decisions that most affect our lives are made in secretive and confidential meetings by senior corporate executives — those with the power to invest, speculate, close down factories and
Greens contest Parramatta by-election
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — On August 27, voters in the state seat of Parramatta, once a piece of Labor's "heartland" and now a marginal seat, go to the polls. Some commentators estimate the outcome will
Police powers questioned after night club raid
By Scott Lewington
MELBOURNE — Forty armed police burst into popular city gay and lesbian nightclub, Tasty, on August 7, detaining 463 patrons and staff for up to three hours and strip
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