SYDNEY — On Friday, April 9, three top Latin American bands will be joining
forces to help raise funds for Cuba. Bands Candela, Charanga Libre and
Club Havana will perform a vast spectrum of Cuban music styles. The event
will take place at
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More Jabiluka protesters face court
DARWIN — Three university students — Michael Williams, Wendy Edwards and Rebecca Nissim — go to court on March 22 on four charges arising from their participation in a "lock-on" protest at the Energy
Dorf workers fight redundancies
By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE — The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union is organising a campaign to stop the redundancy of 300 workers at Dorf Industries, a tapware manufacturer. Mass meetings of AMWU members at
Whistle-blower exposes Lucas Heights nuclear accidents
By Jim Green
An employee of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has revealed information about a series of accidents at the nuclear reactor in the southern
Is sexism inevitable? Can we change things? What role can men play? Is parliament the solution? These questions were debated at a lively Resistance public meeting in Sydney on March 13. More than 60 people gathered to hear Catriona Elek, a feminist
Native title attacked again in SA
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — The United Nations race discrimination committee has found that the federal Native Title Amendment Act (the so-called Wik bill) breaches the UN convention against racial discrimination.
Is there a crime wave?
By Sue Boland
The impression you get from listening to the politicians is that we are in the midst of a violent crime wave. Crime statistics contradict this picture. When the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Mass mobilisation on Palm Sunday
By Trish Corcoran
MELBOURNE — On March 28, the Palm Sunday march, rally and festival will take place. The main demand is "Stop the Jabiluka uranium mine". Other demands are "Stop the nuclear threat" and "Land
The decision to allow the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia to go ahead is only the latest attack on the environment and the rights of indigenous people by Howard and his pro-big business gang in government. Situated in a sensitive arid
Memories
"I was sitting very close to Mr Whitlam, and when I see Mr Whitlam, I remember General Peron from my country." — Hugo Bonasso, a migrant from Argentina, at the ALP policy launch for the NSW election.
We won
"On any marking of the
Rank-and-file challenge to MUA incumbents
By Dick Nichols
Nominations have closed for elections for all positions in the Maritime Union of Australia, to be held between April 14 and June 14. The election includes the biggest rank-and-file
Kennett continues sell-off of gas
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — The state Coalition government is continuing its privatisation of gas services despite mounting concern from consumer and trade union groups. On March 10, the government announced that
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