Victory for Citipower Workers
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — After 15 weeks on strike defending their jobs, wages and conditions, 140 Citipower workers have won a significant victory. On August 21, the workers marched back to work beneath
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By Sarah Stephen
One hundred years ago, women who wanted to educate themselves were sneered at and called "blue stockings". This label accused them of masquerading as men — at the time, male intellectuals were depicted as wearing blue
New cabinet foreshadows more repression in Iran
By Rupen Savoulian
The election of Mohammad Khatami as president of Iran in May was welcomed in many quarters as the victory of "moderation". However, the composition of the proposed cabinet
What's Up Dockers?SBS TV, Sunday, August 318.30pm (8 in SA)Edited by Channel 4 Strike, the Flickering Flame — A Story of Contemporary MoralityDirected by Ken LoachSBS TV, Sunday September 7 8.30pm (8 in SA)
Review by James Vassilopoulos
At 5:38am on October 6, a spacecraft called Cassini is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral in the United States. On board will be 72.3 pounds (32.8 kg) of the deadliest substance known, plutonium. This is by far the most plutonium ever
Stranger danger
You're not to know, are you? I could have shaken hands with one of them or shared a confessional with another. To go by the news reports, they lurk any and everywhere — just waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting and the
Comment by Sean Healy
There has been considerable debate about how best to combat the ideas of One Nation on campuses. Some have argued that student organisations should declare campuses "Hanson free" and "ban" One Nation from meeting. Others
Campaign Against Racism launched
By Angela Walker
ADELAIDE — Anti-racist activists here launched a new committee on August 13 to fight racism and challenge One Nation's and the Liberal government's racist policies. Campaign Against Racism
Teamsters point the way forward
By Barry Sheppard
At a news conference announcing victory in the 15-day strike against the United Parcel Service, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' president, Ron Carey, hailed the settlement as "a
By Peter Montague
Toxic Deception, the new must-read book by investigative reporters Dan Fagin and Marianne Lavelle, is subtitled, "How the chemical industry manipulates science, bends the law, and endangers your health." The book documents a
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