By Peter Boyle
On the eve of the Kennett government's Employee Relations Act coming into operation in Victoria, there is hardly a union official in the state who is prepared to say in public what most rank and file unionists know: that the
90
By Sean Malloy
Continued UN sanctions and the January 14 bombing of Iraq have intensified the misery experienced by the Iraqi population and eliminated the possibility of a moderate social and economic recovery.
The United Nations
By Karen Fredericks
Paul Keating distorted the truth more than once in his speech to launch the New National Agenda for Women on February 10. Probably the biggest whopper was his assertion that "women's earnings are now 93% of men's." The
By Barry Healy
SYDNEY — As the voting for the position of assistant national secretary of the Public Sector Union moves into its final phase, a dirty tricks campaign initiated by supporters of Wendy Caird has surfaced. Caird is the endorsed
Pragmatism
I was interested to read J. Dodd's letter (GLW February 24) concerning pragmatism in the PSU leadership as it seems that pragmatism is prevalent amongst all union bureaucrats at the moment.
As a member of the general staff at
By Dave Riley
The German revolution of 1918 was as vigorous and perhaps more spontaneous than its Russian counterpart of the previous year. The uprising of the Spartacists in Berlin and the Munich "reds" was smashed by the organised terror of
Havana workshop discusses homosexuality
HAVANA — The Iberoamerican Sex Education Workshop on February 9 touched on an issue which has often caused polemics in the region: homosexuality.
A panel of Cuban and international specialists
Anti-nuclear author challenges Ros Kelly
By Frank Gollan
CANBERRA — Anti-nuclear author Greg Adamson is contesting environment minister Ros Kelly's seat of Canberra for the Green Democratic Alliance.
As in the 1990 federal
Two decades of Tuesday Afternoon Group
By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — The Tuesday Afternoon Group (TAG) has been meeting, discussing and demonstrating here for 20 years. It is the only women's organisation in Australia that arose during the
Chaplin
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Starring Robert Downey Jr, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins and Kevin Kline
Reviewed by David Sampson
"I love America", emotes Robert Downey as Charlie Chaplin.
A bit later, in case you
By Norm Dixon
The Bougainville Revolutionary Army has hit back hard against Papua New Guinea troops following their occupation of parts of the capital, Arawa.
The Bougainville Interim Government's Honiara spokesperson, Martin Miriori,
By Max lane and a special correspondent in Jakarta
Indonesian President Suharto has begun attempts to counter armed forces (ABRI) headquarters, which last week announced that it intended to nominate former ABRI commander in chief Try Sutrisno
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