By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — A broad range of trade unionists met on June 19 to discuss Howard's industrial relations bill and how to fight it. The meeting was organised by the Democratic Socialist Party and Militant. Luke Van der Muelen, from the
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Unionists form Labor Party
[This week's Letter from the US is a guest column by Caroline Lund, who attended the founding convention of the Labor Party. She is a member of the United Autoworkers union and of the socialist organisation
Age and Guile (beat youth, innocence and a bad haircut): 25 Years of P.J. O'RourkeBy P.J.O'RourkePicador (pb), $14.95Reviewed by Dave Riley All you classical scholars out there will know that satire has been around for quite some time. What with
hotguns and safety
"Freeman also said he was worried that guards would shoot too quickly." — Rhonda Cook.
I was reading the Atlanta Journal/Atlanta Constitution's June 7 issue recently. An article's headline read, "Board moves to give prisons
By Carla Gorton
The Howard government's plans to shift the cost of social spending from government to individuals will bring about a major increase in the personal indebtedness of low income earners. Students got a taste of this user-pays approach
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — On May 14, abortion clinic worker Dianne Unger won an unprecedented victory for pro-choice forces. On this day she took her most vociferous "pro-life" opponent — Carolyn O'Loughlin — to court and succeeded in
New additions to the Marx/Engels Internet Archive (http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/) — The text of the following Marxist classics have been transcribed for access from the M/E Web site: Lessons of October by Trotsky (1924); Capital Vol. 3,
By Marina Carman
The Resistance National Conference will be held in Melbourne July 5-7. Resistance activists from around the country will gather to discuss international and Australian politics and the work of Resistance as the largest socialist
Efficiency
"An evacuation of small island nations threatened by rising sea levels might be more efficient than forcing industrialised countries to reduce emissions ... [said the] executive director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and
The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Selected Essays on Marxist Traditions in Cultural CommitmentBy Alan M. WaldHumanities Press, 1995. 250 pp., $29.00 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon In these times of post-modernist malaise, the notion of the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Boris Yeltsin might with justice claim to have pulled off the near-impossible when he took first place in the presidential elections on June 16. Granted, he went nowhere near matching his easy first-round victory of
By Alex Bainbridge
HUNTER VALLEY — The NSW Labor government has announced its intention to legislate to protect a polluting industry, this time the proposed Bengalla coal mine near Muswellbrook. The State Environmental Planning (Permissible
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