Arnott's workers the 'innocent victims'
By James Vassilopoulos
Contrary to last week's claim by Arnott's Biscuits' managing director Chris Roberts that the company is the "innocent victim" in the current extortion attempt, the real innocent
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The future of solidarityThe future of solidarity
By Peter Boyle
Federal and state governments are doing their best to abolish solidarity. It's against their law for workers for one capitalist to show their solidarity with workers of other
By Eva Cheng
The February 12 defection to South Korea of Hwang Jang-yop, a member of the central committee of the ruling North Korean Workers' Party, is being treated by the western media as evidence that the regime in Pyongyang is near collapse.
Brunswick Music Festival
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — The eighth Brunswick Music Festival kicks off on February 28 with Festivals Australia Indigenous Sounds, a weekend dedicated to the indigenous music and culture of Australia. The event
details = The Captive Republic: A history of republicanism in Australia 1788-1996By Mark McKennaCambridge University Press, 1996334 pp., $29.95(pb), $90.00(hb)
Review by Alex Bainbridge
For many people, the republic debate is simply a bore — a
Reversing capitalism
As much as I applaud Alex Bainbridge's sentiment that "all that is needed is for humanity as a whole, rather than the wealthy profiteers, to control production", I am anxious to know how he intends to wrest that control? While
By Allen Myers
ABC managing director Brian Johns has put himself in deep trouble with the Howard government by agreeing to the telecast of Gough Whitlam's inaugural "Whitlam Lecture" to the Trade Union Education Foundation on February 9 —
The axe falls on legal aid
By Michael Heaney
MELBOURNE — The Federation of Community Legal Centres (Victoria) on February 18 announced the release of a report titled "Justice for all", resulting from a survey conducted in November and December.
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — During 1996, Russia's Ministry of Defence Industry reported in January, output in the country's defence factories fell by a further 27.1% to a mere 12.8% of its 1991 level. That's not so bad, you might say — every
Comment by Dot Tumney
Human immune systems are fascinating. Large chunks of medical research are targeting non-reaction, over-reaction and inappropriate reaction. All this is also making clearer the hows and whys of vaccination procedures. At all
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