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Hiroshima Day marked

Hiroshima Day marked Around 300 people attended the Sydney Hiroshima Day march on August 4, demanding that a treaty be signed by the year 2000 to begin the process of eliminating nuclear weapons. Speakers called on the Australian government to

A Baldwin for the '90s?

RL's DreamBy Walter MosleySerpent's Tail, London, 1995266pp., $19.95Reviewed by Norm Dixon RL's Dream reminded me of the first James Baldwin novel I ever read, Another Country. Certainly Mosley, best known for his terrific noir novels set in black LA

Women workers under fire

Women workers under fire By Lisa Macdonald The federal sex discrimination commissioner, Sue Walpole, last month announced new "codes of practice" for employers on sex bias in the workplace. Walpole will carry out nationwide, random audits of

Poem: Hotel Suharto &&

Hotel Suharto Who put the durian in the air conditioning system? What is that fetid odour in Hotel Suharto? Are you sure it's a durian? It smells like decomposing flesh. Could it be the stench of death? What does it represent? The

Call for nuclear test ban treaty

By Pip Hinman While China has said it will undertake a nuclear testing moratorium from July 30, nuclear disarmament campaigners in Australia warned that the July 29 nuclear test at Lop Nor may not be China's last and called on all nuclear weapons

National day of action on education

National day of action on education spite grey skies and sporadic downpours, 4000 protested in Adelaide on August 7. Sidney Bay reports that buses arrived from suburban campuses and the Adelaide University contingent came into Victoria Square with

Hunted activists need support

Hunted activists need support Activists of the PRD are being hunted down, but the dictatorship's forces have not yet been able to capture any leaders. The only PRD leaders in jail at the moment are those arrested on July 8 at a 20,000-strong

and ain't i a woman?: Knowing what's good for us

Knowing what's good for us In late July, Australian columnist Judith Sloan — the employing class's Trojan horse amongst women — launched a spirited defence of the clauses in Peter Reith's industrial relations bill that deregulate part-time and

South African clothing workers win 9%

By Norm Dixon South African clothing and textile workers have won a 9% pay increase after an eight-day national strike. The workers, members of the 83,000-strong SA Clothing and Textile Workers Union, returned to work on August 5. They had been

High school students are part of education struggle

By Paul Howes [Paul Howes is a year 10 student at Blaxland High in Sydney's west and a member of the socialist youth organisation, Resistance. The following speech was given to the 10,000-strong rally against education cuts in Sydney on August 7.]

Poem: The Social Worker &&

The Social Worker Years ago in Glasgow callow youth from troubled folk and folks in trouble I made my crust. As Canutian agent I turned no tides but sometimes struck a chord. I recall a twelve year young car rustler, an

Chemicals friendly and not so friendly

A-Z of chemicals in the homeCompiled by the Total Environment CentreChoice Books, 1996. 168pp., $15Reviewed by Dot Tumney This book aims to address the wider understanding of toxicity as a concept and to discuss the characteristics of materials in