Sydney Campaign Against Racism meets
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — The Campaign Against Racism meeting at the University of Technology, Sydney, on August 5 went ahead with organising the "No to Hanson and Howard's Racism" rally planned for
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By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Five anti-nuclear protesters were hospitalised, and at least 30 more were left bruised and bloodied, after hundreds of thugs on July 29 staged an organised attack on a blockade outside the soon-to-be-completed Rostov
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Following threats by the Victorian government to close down public transport services if unions did not lift maintenance bans, the Public Transport Corporation announced on August 6 that it would close the
By James Balowski
While attention has been focused on South African President Nelson Mandela's recent meeting with jailed Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao, and Mandela's offer to "contribute" to UN-sponsored negotiations between Portugal and
By Sujatha Fernandes
On August 15, 1947, India won its independence from Britain. With independence came not only the promise of freedom from servitude to the British masters, but also the hope of an end to grinding poverty, hard labour and
Nonsense about taxes
@box text intro = What do the following have in common: (a) the tax situation before the High Court's August 5 overturning of state taxes on petrol, tobacco and alcohol; (b) the tax situation after that ruling; (c) the
All in piecesAll in pieces
By Brandon Astor Jones and Sarah Connor
"First there [is] the children's house of make believe,Some shattered dishes underneath a pine,THe playthings in the playhouse of the children,Weep for what little
By Tim E. Stewart
DARWIN — The campaign led by the Education Action Group (EAG) to reverse cuts to faculty funding at Northern Territory University won important ground last week. At the NTU Council meeting on August 7, students won one third
Inactive student guilds face active opposition
By Corinne Glenn
PERTH — In the lead-up to the national week of action against education cuts and up-front fees, you could be forgiven for thinking that student unions were banned and working
Wild words and free jazz
Song of BaobabVernon Frazer with Thomas ChapinVFCISend US$20 to Echolaia Press, 132 Woodycrest Drive, East Hartford, CT 06118, USA Review by Norm Dixon
Song of Baobab is a challenging CD that combines Vernon
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