By John Percy The Communist Party of Australia developed a strong base in important industrial unions during the 1930s. As the depression eased, CPA members recruited from the unemployed and trained in action through the struggles of the Depression,
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Transitions: New Australian FeminismsEdited by Barbara Caine and Rosemary PringleAllen & Unwin, 1995. 237 pp., $24.95 (pb)Reviewed by Carla Gorton Women's studies texts are no longer dowdy looking books your eyes skim over on the library or bookshop
A development parable The World Bank decides to sponsor a developmental project in a Third World country. The project initially forcibly removes the peasants from land. A small wealthy group of neo-entrepreneurs/farmers move in to grow a cash crop
By Jen Crothers On October 24, 15-year-old Anna Wood died. She had an allergic reaction to something, probably heroin, cut into the ecstasy she'd taken days before. NSW premier Bob Carr and the media have launched a hypocritical hype festival over
BALI, Indonesia — On November 8, an international ecumenical delegation was expelled from East Timor. The delegation, which included Namibian MP Daniel Botha, Brian Brown of Freedom House, Australian Aboriginal poet Lionel Fogerty, Australian
UN condemns US embargo on Cuba again For the fourth year in a row, the UN General Assembly voted on November 2 in favour of a resolution to condemn the US embargo on Cuba. Only the US, Israel and Uzbekistan voted against the resolution. One
By Dom Bromilow John Ondawarme and Matthew Jamieson spoke about the movement for a free West Papua at a November 7 meeting, co-sponsored by Resistance and the Australia West Papua Association. They said that, while the establishment media had largely
By Liam Mitchell SYDNEY — Approximately 800 people rallied at Tempe Reserve on November 5 as part of the ongoing campaign against aircraft noise in southern Sydney suburbs. The rally, organised by the coalition of 13 councils that formed to
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Late in October the huge tractor plant in the city of Vladimir, 250 kilometres east of the Russian capital, laid off almost 30% of its workers in a last-ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy. For the Russian government and
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — There was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict six police officers of depriving three Aboriginal youths of their liberty, John Gerard QC, representing the Aboriginal Legal Service told the Queensland Supreme Court on
During a debate on pornography on SBS TV on October 5, Sydney academic Helen Pringle argued for sexuality vilification legislation to combat pornography. Pringle took great pains to differentiate between "erotica" and "pornography". The latter, she
Sinn Féin national executive member, Dodie McGuinness, is currently touring Australia. Dodie, a native of Derry, has been actively involved in republican politics since the early '70s. Her party responsibilities include international work,
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