Health workers win pay rise
By Kim Linden
MELBOURNE — Victorian health workers have won a pay rise after two weeks of industrial action. The deal includes a 5% wage rise backdated to July 1, a further 1% to be paid from
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All That Grief: Migrant Recollections of Greek Resistance to Fascism 1941-1949
Compiled by Allan and Wendy Scarfe
Hale & Iremonger, 1994. 256 pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
The stories of 12 Greek migrants to
Mining memorial unveiled
By Liam Mitchell
WOLLONGONG — A memorial to pay tribute to the courage, struggle and sacrifice by coalminers in the Illawarra region was unveiled by the NSW Premier Bob Carr on July 28, outside the
What the agreement trades off
The following is a list of concerns about the proposed public service agreement reprinted from a leaflet published by the ACT branch of the CPSU. It has been slightly abridged.
Approval for Public
By Craig Cormick
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The following messages from the French peace movement and the peak trade union body, the Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT), were given to Australian participants at the commemorations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The Big Picture: Sugar Slaves
ABC TV, Wednesday, August 23, 9.30pm
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
The sugar industry in Australia generates around $2 billion a year, and Australia recently surpassed Cuba as the world's largest exporter
The decision of the Chirac government to resume nuclear testing is now opposed by a substantial majority of French people, according to the latest opinion polls. No small part in this turnaround has been played by the French anti-nuclear movement.
Soundtrack, minus the film
The Secret of Roan Inish
Music by Mason Daring
Distributed by Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Bernie Brian
I'm not sure whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage not to have seen a
By Norm Dixon
Labor leaders are falling over themselves to reassure the rulers of France that, while they may not like their nuclear tests, their right to control the territories of Tahiti, Kanaky and Wallis and Futuna is not being
Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Issue Number 5
Reviewed by Kath Gelber
Positive assessments of prospects for Cuba are sometimes hard to find, even in progressive publications. The US embargo, combined with the
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