What Makes Women Sick: Gender and the Political Economy of HealthBy Lesley DoyalMacmillan Press, 1995. 280 pp., $34.95 (pb)Reviewed by Karl Miller Lesley Doyal and her partner Len Doyal have, separately and together, written several books critiquing
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Man-made Creutzfeldt-Jakob and mad cow disease
By Lynette J. Dumble
Revelations in Britain have brought a new dimension to the incurable brain infections, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in
The Democrats' agreement to support the Howard government's anti-union Workplace Relations Bill (WRB) should be condemned, but the real betrayal was by the Labor Party and the ACTU. While Labor leader Kim Beazley postures about the ALP's "total
Land rights
Th Aboriginal Land Rights controversy could so easily be resolved, and in the process the word "Rent" could be used to replace words like "Tax" and "taxation" in some areas.
Let us agree that land titles were not extinguished: that
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Borbidge government risks a massive blow-out in compensation to Queensland Aborigines after its refusal to give six Palm Island elders $7000 each for under-payment for wages while employed by the state during the
By Norrian Rundle
Despite promises of no more cuts, the Victorian government has announced another round of attacks on state schools. This time, no dollar value has been attached to the cuts. One hundred and thirteen schools have been targeted for
By Renfrey Clarke and Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — Every year in Moscow, despite resistance from the authorities and condemnation from the official press, mass demonstrations take place on November 7. The anniversary of the October revolution
Workers oppose PNG Telikom deregulation
The Papua New Guinea Communications Workers Union will take industrial action to protect PNG's telecommunications utility, Telikom. A bill to remove Telikom's monopoly of telecommunications services and
By Graham Matthews and Chris Spindler
In response to Pauline Hanson's racist outbursts, and John Howard's tacit support for her views, anti-racism activists have started organising against racial harassment and funding cuts to the Aboriginal and
By Leo Wellin
Around the country, Community and Public Service Union members in Telstra are being asked to vote on a draft competency-based pay and training (CBP&T) agreement which unashamedly aims to deliver "commercial outcomes of improved
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