Election watch
How the ruling class rules
At first glance, it seemed almost a tautology. "Hypocrisy on waterfront" was the title on the Sydney Morning Herald's April 10 editorial. But really, "hypocrisy" and "Sydney Morning Herald editorial"
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By Zanny Begg
The final report of the federal government's review of higher education was released on April 17. The review committee, chaired by Roderick West, was launched last year to recommend policy options for the next 20 years. The final
Loose cannons
Expertise
"He knows every scam in the book and has done most of them himself, so if anyone understands this economy, he does." — A Jakarta executive commenting on the Suharto crony and newly appointed minister of trade and
Former Queensland Democrat state leader PETER SYKES looks at the implications for small parties of a double dissolution election. Sykes admits to leaving the Democrats and joining the Greens in what he describes as "painful circumstances" after
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Three thousand unionists met in City Hall on the April 16 and resolved to "mobilise against the unfair and unjust federal and state legislation and to prepare for an industrial campaign to ensure that trade unions can
Not there yet
By Brandon Astor Jones
"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression ... everywhere." — Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945).
The words above were
On the picket line
SYDNEY — Since April 8, hundreds of MUA supporters have turned back trucks, trains and efforts by the police to remove them from Patrick Stevedores' Port Botany terminal. Green Left Weekly's TESSHA MEARING spoke to SIMON FREW,
Editorial: Beware of soft cops
Beware of soft cops
The wharf dispute must be pretty serious: after a couple of decades indoors, be-suited ALP politicians have been appearing on (well, alongside) picket lines. Last week, Kim Beazley did a photo
Suharto steps up repression in East Timor
By Jon Land
Indonesian military and security forces have intensified efforts to suppress the people of East Timor. Resistance sources estimate that up to 10,000 additional Indonesian soldiers have been
Russian wages crash
Two University of California at Berkeley sociologists have discovered that real wages in Russia have declined by 50% since the fall of communism. The study, due to be published in the July issue of the American Journal of
Picket greets Howard
ROCKHAMPTON — A hastily convened picket on April 15, attended by 40 trade unionists and environmentalists, told PM John Howard he is not welcome in central Queensland. Although armed only with conviction and placards, the
Hidden AgendasBy John PilgerVintage, 1998. 680 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Saffron Howden
In an age of escalating social problems, few are even properly acknowledged. Hidden Agendas is a tribute to some of the strugglers against oppression,
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