The following is a message sent by Canadian students to students in Australia and New Zealand struggling against attacks on education. The message was received through Bruce Cronin from the New Zealand University Students Association. The Communist
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On March 21, Greenpeace released an urgent appeal to the G7 and European Union heads of state demanding a commitment to nuclear safety. A Nuclear Safety Summit will be held on April 19-20, attended by the heads of state of the G7 nations (US, UK,
'Greater unity and common purpose'
JOHN MAITLAND is the president of the Mining Division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and joint national president of the CFMEU. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's DICK NICHOLS and JENNIFER
Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week break at Easter, skipping the issue that would have been due on April 10. The next issue will be dated April 17.
China: No one is safe — Political repression and abuse of power in the 1990sPublished by Amnesty InternationalMarch 1996, 121pp, $12Reviewed by Eva Cheng No one is safe provides considerable information on how bad the human rights situation is in
By Jennifer Thompson
Award workers at CRA-owned Comalco's Weipa bauxite mine and kaolin plant went on strike again on March 27 over the company's insistence that they individually sign an enterprise agreement. Unionists won the right in February
Domestic violence
On March 21, Jean Lennon was shot by her ex-husband outside
the Family Court in Parramatta, Sydney. She died within hours
from bullet wounds to the head and abdomen.
The custody case regarding their four
By John Pilger
Australia's history as a political laboratory is extraordinary. In 192O, half a century ahead of Europe and the United States, the silver and zinc miners of Broken Hill won the world's first 35-hour week. Long before most of
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — On March 14, students attempting to establish a Macedonian club at Melbourne University were harassed and forced to pack up their stall by members of the Hellenic club. The three women staffing the Macedonian stall
By Norm Dixon
The alliance between the African National Congress, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party is under pressure, National Union of Mineworkers president James Motlatsi indicated on March 15.
The State of HumanityJulian L. Simon (ed.)Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1995Distributed in Australia by Allen & Unwin608 pp., $49.95 (pb)Reviewed by Peter Montague The recent outpouring of hefty "feel good" books has not let up.
'Grassroots organising and direct action'
STEPHEN SPENCE is the South Australian convener of the Greens, state secretary of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and a member of the United Trades and Labour Council executive. He was
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