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2SER goes underground

By Nick Gebhardt SYDNEY — 2SER is relaunching itself as Sydney's underground music and talks station. After many months of discussions about the station's programming, we came up with the idea of uniting our music and talks programming under the

Defence of anarchism

The article "Socialism versus Anarchism" [Resistance, February 10] was so full of popular misconceptions and half truths, that we members of the group "Consciously Anarchists" felt it was imperative to submit a reply. Even before beginning the

Do youth wages create jobs — or slaves?

Do youth wages create jobs — or slaves? By Mel Bull Young workers in Australia are discriminated against; because of their age, they are paid less for work of equal value. Reith and Howard claim that this gets young people a foot in the door

How big business controls the tax agenda

By Sue Bolton In January, a confidential Australian Taxation Office paper was released to the Australian under the Freedom of Information Act. In it, tax office officials lament that "control" of the tax system has been snatched by the big

ANC cuts corporate tax and spending

By Norm Dixon The post-budget love-in between big business and the African National Congress government has become an annual ritual in the "new" South Africa. Capitalist spokespeople and their media boosters are falling over themselves to praise

The 'Nuremberg Files'

By Claudette Bégin BERKELEY — On February 2, a federal jury ordered a national coalition of anti-abortionists to pay $109 million in damages to four doctors and two clinics in Oregon. The jury determined that "Wanted" posters and a web

Utterbox: speaking out against violence

Utterbox: speaking out against violence By Angela Luvera WOLLONGONG — One in four women in Australia is sexually assaulted by the time she turns 18. The most common site of violence against women is in their homes. This reality has prompted

Israeli elections undermine Zionist myths

By Adam Hanieh RAMALLAH — If you believe the Arab media and the leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli elections in early May are essentially a vote for or against peace. The internal Israeli debate, though, has been

Resistance briefs

After two months of shadow boxing, federal education minister David Kemp has come clean and presented a bill to gut student unions' political activities. The bill legislates for "voluntary student unionism", prohibits the levying of any compulsory

'Australian government owes East Timor'

By Nick Everett and Mike Byrne BRISBANE — An interview with jailed Indonesian trade unionist Dita Sari, filmed secretly at Jakarta's Tangerang women's prison in August, was shown here on February 20. A documentary, Bitter Paradise, by Canadian

Adams welcomed in Australia

By Dave Riley BRISBANE — According to Brisbane's Courier-Mail, when Gerry Adams entered the civic reception organised in his honour by Mayor Jim Soorley his "welcome was more befitting a rock star than a politician at City Hall, with the crowd

Tasmanian health crisis worsens

By Alex Bainbridge HOBART — The establishment media have kept quiet about the continuing health funding crisis in Tasmania after hints from the state government that it is aiming for a balanced budget in May. The funding crisis became headline