By Sue Bull CANBERRA — Since February 23, when it was ordered to negotiate with unions over their 9% pay claim, the Carnell Liberal minority government has used every possible tactic to stall negotiations. Mediators unacceptable to the unions have
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By Kathy O'Driscoll SYDNEY — Four hundred Telstra workers and supporters attended an anti-privatisation rally at Town Hall Square on February 28 organised by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the Communications, Electrical and
By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — On February 22, 100 people attended a march and rally in the Footscray shopping centre organised by the Public Tenants Union to mourn the death of public housing. The rally was conducted as a funeral procession complete
Unforgiven — The story of 81-year-old James Cameron, a survivor of a lynching in 1930, who now travels the world reminding people of the atrocities committed against African-Americans in the US. ABC TV, Sunday, March 10, 10.20pm. Moving the
By Karen Lee Wald HAVANA — US-Cuba relations came tumbling down along with the two Miami-based planes shot down over Cuban airspace on February 24. Although the US State Department had repeatedly warned the anti-Castro Cuban-American group
Women in a Restructuring AustraliaAnne Edwards & Susan Magarey (eds)Allen & Unwin, 1995. 319 pp., $29.95Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg We are constantly confronted by imagery and articles in the establishment media which attempt to enforce the view that
By Merima Trbojevich This story is dedicated to all the women who have lived an experience like mine or at least share my feelings. Dedicated to the women who have been pushed by war into a struggle just to survive. There are too many stories like
Healing Women: A History of Leichhardt Women's Community Health CentreBy Joyce StevensFast Books, Wild & Woolley, 1995. 135 pp., $17.95Reviewed by Jane Beckmann Healing Women presents an interesting and informative account of the development of the
John Howard, the Liberals and the big business media are of course claiming that the Coalition's big election victory is a "mandate" for the policies they plan to implement. That's a lie. There is no mandate. There's no mandate for Howard's policies
By Rohan Gaiswinkler HOBART — The feud between the Australian Democrats and the Greens turned into an all-in brawl just days before the federal election, with Democrat Senator Robert Bell suing the Greens' Senate team for defamation. The action was
By Natasha Simons Several hundred university students joined Resistance campus clubs around the country at first year orientation weeks, held over the past two weeks. In addition, around 1200 copies of Green Left Weekly were sold and hundreds of
By Peter Boyle With the Liberal-Nationals now in government federally and in all states but NSW, we can expect an acceleration in the attack on the rights and living standards of the great majority. Now that the election has been won, the Coalition
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