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Tasmanians demand a GE-free zone

Tasmanians demand a GE-free zone BY BEA BREAR HOBART — Three hundred people at a meeting here on June 1 voted almost unanimously to demand that the state government make Tasmania a genetic engineering-free zone. Those present called on state

The wolf's teeth

The wolf's teeth Unions in a Contrary World: the Future of the Australian Trade Union MovementBy David PeetzCambridge University Press, 1998243pp., $34.95 (pb) Review by Jonathan Singer Unions in a Contrary World is an academic yet readable book

UNITED STATES: Training Indonesian terrorists in 'anti-terrorism'

UNITED STATES: Training Indonesian terrorists in 'anti-terrorism' The following is a statement presented by United States journalist ALLAN NAIRN to the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights on May 11. Mr Chairman and members of

NSW teachers win

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — On June 2, NSW teachers overwhelmingly endorsed an agreement on salaries and status recommended by the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) executive, ending a long and bitter industrial dispute with the state Labor government

UNITED STATES: Racism and the wealth gap

Politicians and government officials point to the historic low unemployment in the African-American community as a sign of a strong economy and future where whites and blacks will finally have an opportunity for an equal share of the American dream.

Technological parenthood: secrets and lies

COMMENT BY HELEN RILEY I would like to take up some of the issues raised by Margaret Allum in her article "Biological parenthood" (GLW, May 17). I am extremely concerned by the argument that we ought to support all technological advances that

Thousands more march for reconciliation

Following the huge Harbour Bridge march in Sydney on May 28 (see page 16-17), thousands more people have marched against government racism over the last week. From Lismore, Ema Corro reports that 1500 people crossed three bridges in a march on June

Reconciliation march allows for 'radical' demands: Reynolds

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — Addressing the 500 people present for the launch of his new book, Why Weren't We Told?, historian Henry Reynolds described the march for reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge as "thrilling" and as opening the

Tales of workplace violence

Tales of workplace violence A Kind of Violence - Australian workers and workplaces By Yossi Berger The Vulgar Press, 1999 Review by Ben Courtice Yossi Berger has written a detailed account of health and safety conditions

Brisbane Resistance Centre launched

Brisbane Resistance Centre launched BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS BRISBANE — The room swayed to the melodies of the Cuban Revolution while celebrants feasted on Cuban food at the launch of the new Resistance Centre here on May 27. Forty people answered

SOUTH AFRICA: Costa Gazi — ANC blocks treatment for HIV patients

SOUTH AFRICA: ANC blocks treatment for HIV patients EAST LONDON, Eastern Cape province — If anyone had any doubt that the era of settlerism and elitism was not over in South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki's antics around the issue of HIV/AIDS

Student occupation comes out fighting

BY GRANT COLEMAN PERTH — After nine days of continual protest against planned cuts to courses and staff numbers, students and staff ended their occupation of Murdoch University's Senate building on May 31. Occupiers condemned vice-chancellor