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Union leaders help government hit public servants

By Frank Gollan SYDNEY — National leaders of the Community and Public Service Union have joined with the federal Labor government in supporting a proposal which will cut job security and conditions for federal public servants. Voting is

Casting stones at the icon

Carcrash Directed by David Caesar Chauvel Cinema, Sydney, from August 17 Reviewed by Kath Gelber People "drive the way they would like to live their lives", claims this new documentary by David Caesar. They substitute for

Action updates

Chilean activist in Brisbane @9point = BRISBANE — Despite the election of a civilian government in Chile, there are still many political prisoners and human rights remain under threat, visiting Chilean activist Miriam Ortega told a

Opposing the bomb: peace movement has a long history

By Melani Iona MELBOURNE — "The first political demonstration I went in was when Japan invaded China in the early '30s. I would have been five or six years old" — Wendy Lowenstein, author, journalist, teacher, protester. The epitome of

Memorial meetings for Ernest Mandel

Memorial meetings for Ernest Mandel Memorial meetings have been called in Sydney and Melbourne to commemorate the political contribution of Ernest Mandel, world-renowned Marxist scholar and revolutionary who died in Belgium on July 20.

Bosnia abandoned

EDDY JOKOVICH is the editor of VolteFace, a new monthly journal focusing on international politics, and particularly the Balkans. He returned recently from a visit to Macedonia and Croatia. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's JENNIFER THOMPSON about the

Bisexuality

By Kirsty Chestnutt Ahhhh, the very word conjures up an array of images — Madonna, married men who fuck men in public toilets on the weekend, luscious threesomes, daggy middle-aged former straights who sit around in support meetings.

On killing by the state

By Jennifer Leadbeater When I think of capital punishment, it makes me angry. The emotion is so overwhelming that it is hard to explain, except using childlike simplicity such as "It's not nice" and "It's mean and unfair". It

High school anti-nuclear magazine launched

Student Independent High school student magazine against nukes Published by Brisbane Resistance Reviewed by Zanny Begg One of the most noticeable features of the campaign which erupted in the wake of Chirac's announcement

Rebuff for Indonesian writer's critics

By James Balowski The Magsaysay Foundation in Manila on August 7 issued a statement strongly defending its decision to give its 1995 literary award for Pramoedya Ananta Toer, one of Indonesia's foremost authors. The award had been

Unleaded petrol: have we been told the full story?

By Richard Giles One of the great shifts in attitude in this decade has come about in the promotion of unleaded fuel (ULP) to replace the dreaded leaded fuel. The issue of petrol and what to do about it has been the bane of environmentally

Health workers win pay rise

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