By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Hundreds of thousands of workers took part in nationally coordinated demonstrations on October 27, demanding that the government pay wage arrears and combat unemployment. In addition, workplace meetings and
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By Lisa Macdonald
SYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Electoral League (DSEL) has announced that it will be standing at least two candidates in the NSW state elections in March 1995.
Karen Fletcher, a well-known feminist and previous
Fire with water
By Melinda Jollie
Naomi Wolf, the respectable darling of liberal feminism, author of the 1991 best-seller The Beauty Myth and the recent Fire With Fire, will be speaking in Sydney later this month to espouse her "power
By Frank Eckardt
As the recession bites, more people are living on the streets. For 10 days I trudged across parts of Tokyo, observing and talking to the people who live on its streets. In the absence of official statistics, I wanted to see the
Transport union targets privatisation
By Michael Unger
ADELAIDE — The Public Transport Union has begun campaigning against the privatisation of Trans Adelaide.
On November 2, all bus passengers were handed a leaflet warning that the
Move now!
By Brandon Astor Jones
"God established a patriarchal society. Period. The husband must be the head of the home in a husband-wife situation. And men are the predominant leaders in history and men are the predominant warriors ...
Better Dead than Red
By Michael Barson
Plexus, 1992. $15 (pb)
Reviewed by Arun Pradhan
"A Commie. She was a jerky Red. She owned all the trimmings and she was still a Red. What the hell was she hoping for, a government order to share it
Cape York park purchase 'double-edged'
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Wilderness Society has described the Queensland government purchase of the Silver Plains grazing property on Cape York to create a new national park as a double-edged
A cappella for peace
SYDNEY — The inspirational talents of three renowned a cappella choirs come together in a benefit concert for the International Volunteers for Peace on Saturday, November 12 at 8pm.
Cafe of the Gate of Salvation,
Tories back down on privatising post office
By Max Anderson
LONDON — The credibility of Britain's limping Conservative government received a further blow on November 2, when it appeared that backbench Tory MPs had forced a complete
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