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and ain't i a woman?: ACTU: rhetoric versus reality

ACTU: rhetoric versus reality This week the ACTU is holding its biennial congress in Brisbane. If previous congresses, and the agenda of this one, are anything to go by, delegates (very few of them from the grassroots of the union

Indonesia, East Timor tour off to great start

Indonesia, East Timor tour off to great start By Nick Fredman LISMORE — The national tour by Indonesian activist Edwin Gozal, of the People's Democratic Party, and East Timorese activist Naldo Rai got off to a great start here on August

Not much change in the world

Not much change in the world The Way of the WorldBy William CongrevePerformed by the Victorian College of the Arts School of DramaDirected by Robert DraffinGrant Street Theatre, VCA, MelbourneUntil September 6 Review by Bronwen Beechey For

1000-strong meeting against Howard's 10-point plan

1000-strong meeting against Howard's 10-point plan By Ben Courtice and Bridget Riggs MELBOURNE — One thousand people attended an educational meeting organised by Defenders of Native Title (DONT) on August 28. Speakers demystified the

The day I accidentally joined One Nation

By Dave Wright Just how does someone join Pauline Hanson's One Nation party? Is it a trial by ordeal perhaps? Or do you have to publicly swear that you have never been a Communist, a homosexual, Asian, Aboriginal, a Muslim or a Jew while singing

Loose cannons

We never expected "Not even judges can be expected to be indifferent to financial considerations." — Justice Murray Gleeson, chief justice of NSW, complaining that pension regulations encourage judges to retire too early. Danger:

I'm not a parasite, I'm an investor

Wall Street — How It Works and for WhomBy Doug HenwoodVerso, 1997, 372 pp. Review by Eva Cheng The US-based progressive periodical Left Business Observer has for years been a valuable source of information and sharp analysis of the US economy

South African left debates retreat of intellectuals

Debate: Voices from the South African LeftIssue 3, 1997 Review by Ben Courtice Debate is an impressive new publication — first printed in 1996 — devoted to questions of socialist analysis and strategy, centred on the South African left

Chinese workers and farmers fight exploitation

By Eva Cheng On August 22 in the village of Beixiang, Guangdong province, more than 1000 angry farmers assaulted the local party secretary, destroyed several police vehicles and rampaged through the local government offices after officials

El Salvador: FMLN leader visits Australia

MARIA NAVARETTE, better known as MARIA CHICHILCO, representing the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), has just finished a national speaking tour organised by the Salvadoran community and the Committees in Solidarity with Latin

Bob Brown: Stop Howard's Wik plan!

Bob Brown: Stop Howard's Wik plan! By Jennifer Thompson The Coalition government plans to have its "now you see it, now you don't" native title amendment bill through parliament by December, according to Liberal Senate leader and

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne