The relationship the Labor Party has to the social movements has always been a contentious one. Here, PIP HINMAN from the Democratic Socialist Party argues that the ALP, despite its rhetoric, is no friend of either the labour or other social
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Students protest with a tent university
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — Students have established a "tent university" outside the ALP state office following the No Fees National Day of Action rally on May 3.
The tent university —
Land rights first
The ACTU has launched a campaign to take the republican issue out of the hands of the academics and the lawyers. So the unions want a say in the republican issue. That's a very good idea. They should have a say and so should
By Mick Griffiths
WAKEFIELD — On April 12 a historic meeting was organised as rival fans from all three local rugby league teams in the Wakefield district joined forces in what we hope will only have to be a temporary alliance.
Supporters
By Kim Linden
Around 100 people attended a May 1 forum on the trafficking of Burmese women and girls in Thailand held at the Overseas Services Bureau in Fitzroy, Melbourne. The forum was the first leg of the "Traffic of Pain" speaking tour and
By Boris Kagarlitsky
Any history of the ideologues of "Belovezhskaya* Russia" would have to be like an account of the 40 years Moses is supposed to have spent wandering in the desert. From the whole of the Old Testament, it seems, these people
The Rhythm of Time
There's an inner thing in every man,
Do you know this thing my friend?
It has withstood the blows of a million years,
And will do so to the end.
It was born when time did not exist,
And it grew up out of life,
By Lisa Macdonald
On May 29, the Senate will debate the federal government's Racial Hatred Bill 1994 (RHB). According to the attorney general, Michael Lavarch, in his second reading speech to the House of Representatives, the bill "fills a gap
Solidarity messages
The following letters were sent to the MIM workers last week.
To Stephen Hardwick, MIM workers picket line
The Shearers and Rural Workers Union (SRWU) wishes to express full support and solidarity with workers
MIM attacks union, locks out miners
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — The deepening confrontation between Mt Isa mineworkers and mining giant MIM Holdings Ltd moved toward a crisis as the company locked out its entire work force on the morning
Bye Bye Love
Directed by Sam Weisman
Starring Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid and Paul Reiser
Reviewed by Barry Healy
Bye Bye Love could be the Four Weddings and a Funeral of 1995 — a well-played comedy piece that mixes poignancy about
Budget limits education access
By Francesca Davidson
The projections for higher education in the 1995 budget signal the ALP government's commitment to privatisation, and hence reduced access to education.
Access to Austudy will be
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