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Women and revolution

Women and revolution By Lisa Frankland and Emma Murphy In Australia today women are told (and many believe) that we have achieved full equality. Oh yeah? Why, then, are women still paid an average of 67% of the male wage, and why are our looks

GLW library appeals for books

GLW library appeals for books By Dave Holmes SYDNEY — Ready access to the right materials is crucial for a cooperative venture like Green Left Weekly, no less than for the big capitalist dailies. And for all the increasing importance of the

MUA ranks launch campaign to revive union

MUA ranks launch campaign to revive union By Dick Nichols PERTH — On November 25, Western Australian wharfies and seafarers determined to revive their union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), met in Fibber McGees Irish pub in Leederville.

Contracting work: who's safeguarding the future?

Contracting work: who's safeguarding the future? By Peter Perkins At the beginning of 1998, the NSW government awarded the contract for maintenance work on the State Rail Authority's Illawarra rail line to giant US multinational Fluor Daniels.

Behind the 'gumboot dance'

Behind the 'gumboot dance' Rishile Gumboot Dancers of SowetoRishile Gumboot Dancers of SowetoLarrikin/Festival Review by Norm Dixon Within hours of touching down at Johannesburg airport, tourists on package tours to South Africa find themselves

Combined Unions Choir song book launched

Combined Unions Choir song book launched BRISBANE — Two hundred people packed into Paddington Workers Club for the Queensland Combined Unions Choir's 10th anniversary concert on November 7. Highlights of the performance included the hilarious

Malaysian democracy activist arrested

Malaysian democracy activist arrested By Khatijah Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR — Tian Chua was at a thankyou party for volunteers of the Asia Pacific People's Assembly on November 21 when news reached the gathering that a pro-reform demonstration had

Access to abortion is a basic right

By Belinda Selke and Jess Howell Women's right to control their reproductive lives through access to abortion is under attack in the ACT, and Resistance is involved in a major campaign to defend it. A bill, first put up by right-wing Catholic ACT

Democratic Socialists to contest NSW elections

Democratic Socialists to contest NSW elections Democratic Socialists to contest NSW elections By Tom Flanagan The Democratic Socialists have announced four candidates for the NSW elections scheduled for March 27. Standing in Port Jackson is

Oldfield and I (cannibal insults made easy)

By Shane Bentley NEWCASTLE — The November 21 Newcastle by-election was more memorable than most. Things started out quietly enough while I was handing out in Cooks Hill for the Democratic Socialist candidate, Geoff Payne. Then the politicians

Learning from the IMF?

Learning from the IMF? By Allen Myers The International Monetary Fund's assessment of the Australian economy, announced on November 17, gave treasurer Peter Costello an opportunity to pat himself on the back in public for what the IMF called the

Blair attacks asylum seekers

Blair attacks asylum seekers LONDON — On November 24, the Tony Blair Labour government in Britain announced plans to introduce new asylum and immigration legislation in the current parliamentary sitting. The key proposals in the legislation,