By Anne O'Casey
"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?" asked feminist science fiction writer Ursula LeGuin. Her literary explorations of extra-terrestrial worlds make a vivid commentary on the inhumane state of our society.
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BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — After eight years of attacks on workers' rights and living standards Western Australian Premier Richard Court's Coalition government is no more, swept from office by a backlash against its increasingly obvious
BY SUE BOLAND
The question on everyone's lips is, are the Coalition parties on
the skids? This question can be answered by looking at the voting patterns
since Prime Minister John Howard's federal Coalition government was first
elected in
BY SEAN HEALY
Under concerted attack from increasingly vocal protest movements on its left flank, the International Monetary Fund may now face a new threat from its right flank — in the form of the new US administration of President George W.
BY CHRISTOPHER PERKINS
WOLLONGONG — TAFE teachers set up a picket line outside Shellharbour TAFE College on February 15 to protest management's decision to close the innovative Engineering Flexible Training Centre. The teachers have vowed it will
Adelaide: M1 Adelaide. Next organising meeting Thurs Feb 15, 6pm. 5th flr, Union Bldg, Adelaide Uni (Nth Tce). Ph 8231 6982.
Brisbane: May 1 Alliance meeting. Wed Feb 14, 6pm. TLC Bldg, 16 Peel St, Sth Brisbane. Ph 3831 2644.
Canberra: Canberra
In 1993 women contributed the monetary equivalent of more than US$11 trillion worth of unpaid household work to the global economy — equal to more than a third of the world's gross domestic product.
Today, 140 million Indonesians are living below
BY KATELYN MOUNTFORD
BRISBANE — Resistance's mailbox here held a nasty surprise recently: a letter from Edmund McMahon, Pauline Hanson's One Nation candidate in the seat of Mt Gravatt in the February 17 state election.
McMahon acknowledged that
BY OREN YIFTACHEL
On February 6, Israel elected its first settler prime minister. Premier-elect
Ariel Sharon, who gave his negotiators 10 days to forge a national unity
government with Labour, maintains an official residence in Old
SYDNEY — Alistair Hulett, former frontperson of the legendary punk-folk band Roaring Jack and long-time Newtown resident, now lives in Scotland. Hulett is back in Australia for a short solo tour. Hulett was well-known for his strong support for the
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