Sport, race and colonialism
Review by Phil Shannon
The CallBy Martin FlanaganAllen & Unwin, 1998181 pp., $16.95 (pb) Tom Wills is regarded as "the father of Australian football". Modern Australian Rules owes a lot to this Victorian sporting
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By Rafael Duffleaux
France's two major far-left parties, Workers Struggle (LO) and the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR), will probably present joint candidates in the next European elections. LO spokeswoman Arlette Laguiller attracted 5.3% of
Philippine socialists unite in new party
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — November 30, the birth date of Andres Bonifacio, a left-wing leader of the 1898 Philippine revolution against Spanish colonial domination, is marked as National Heroes Day by
PERTH — The Curtin University Academic Board has voted 26 to nine in favour of introducing full up-front fee-paying places in speech and hearing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy courses. If the University Council passes the proposal at its
Hong Kong democracy activists charged
By Eva Cheng
Four activists who led a demonstration in Hong Kong on July 1 in pressing for democratic reforms were served subpoenas on November 19 for a trial on December 21 on the charge of "breach of the
By Zanny Begg
From December 7 to 11, delegates to the national conference of the National Union of Students will be gathering in Ballarat. It's a pivotal conference, one which finds Labor stronger and the left weaker than in many years. The time
What are they going to do with your life?
It's the end of the year, a time when many of us are considering our "life options" — what the hell we're going to do next year. Despite all the hot air about Australia being "free" and everything being
By Alex Bainbridgeand Joshua Kelcey
HOBART — The Tasmanian Labor government of Jim Bacon brought down its first budget on November 5. Unusual in these days of economic rationalism, the largest funding increase was for education; spending on
UN decision a win for anti-Jabiluka campaign
By Francesca Davis
Decisions by the United Nations World Heritage Committee represent an opportunity to strengthen the campaign to stop Jabiluka uranium mine, Australian Conservation Foundation
No cobwebs on this radical
Something Borrowed, Something NewCountry Joe McDonaldBig BeatTo order, visit <http://www.countryjoe.com>. Review by Barry Healy
"Country Joe! Where's he been all these years?", older Green Left readers may
Maths lesson
"Twenty per cent loading for women means nothing when Labor thugs follow zero per cent of the rules." — Susie Carleton, defeated in a NSW ALP preselection ballot after the party's credentials committee excluded 36 votes from a branch
Splash ... gurgle ... gurgle
A new year is soon to be born, remain with us for 12 months and then, I'm sure, depart like all the others. But the one that is soon to leave us, this year of 1998, was it a good year as good years go, do you think?
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