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Unions rally against attack on WorkCover

Unions rally against attack on WorkCover By Michael Bull and Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — More than 4000 construction workers rallied on October 14 in opposition to the Kennett government's proposed changes to the WorkCover occupational health

Aboriginal struggle honoured in exhibition

Aboriginal struggle honoured in exhibition SYDNEY — A portrait of Aboriginal activist Jenny Munro has been selected to hang in the exhibition currently on display at the S.H. Ervin Gallery. The portrait, by Sydney artist Mandy King, is an entry

NGOs push South Pacific Forum for action

This is an abridged version of the communiqué issued by the third NGO Parallel Forum, held to coincide with the South Pacific Forum meeting in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, September 19-26. The forum brought together Pacific-based non-government

Campaign against Eastern Distributor

Campaign against Eastern Distributor By Adam Nelson SYDNEY — Whilst the anti-progressive pursuit of profits — the Eastern Distributor — bulldozes ahead, public transport activists continue their campaign to expose this environmental

Sea of hands to support native title

By Liam Hazell CANBERRA — More than 1000 people attended the "Sea of Hands" event here on October 12. Sixty-six thousand coloured hands, representing signatures on the Australian Citizens' Statement in support of Native Title, were placed into

A million miles from socialism

Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a CivilisationBy Stephen KotkinUniversity of California Press, 1997, 639 pp., $38.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Steel by name, steel by nature — perhaps this sums up Stalinism with its iron rule by Stalin (the

Profits and the aged

Editorial: Profits and the aged Federal family services minister Warwick Smith was unable to defend the Coalition's massive hikes in fees for the elderly in need of nursing home places during an angry exchange with the studio audience on Midday

Support for Indonesian political prisoners

Support for Indonesian political prisoners Support for political prisoners By Karen Fletcher BRISBANE Indonesian Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) spokesperson Edwin Gozal and East Timorese activist Naldo Rai spoke to 60 activists at the

Kernot is wrong: Labor is no alternative

Kernot is wrong: Labor is no alternative By Peter Boyle To cover her opportunist career move in line for a future Labor cabinet position, former Democrat leader Cheryl Kernot has claimed her decision is motivated by a desire to better fight

GL writer recognised

GL writer recognised Robyn Marshall of Brisbane was one of three state finalists in the annual MBF Health and Well-being Awards for journalism. Her article, which appeared in the July 23 issue of Green Left Weekly, was entered in the category "Most

Literacy 'debate': indigenous, poor students lose out

By Alison Dellit Following the release of the National School English Literacy Survey and the new Literacy Standards in Australia on September 16, we were treated to a high profile public "debate" on literacy between the (then) federal schools

'Hanson will be greeted by protest'

'Hanson will be greeted by protest' TOOWOOMBA — When Pauline Hanson comes here to speak on October 25, she will be met by protesters against her racist rhetoric. The protest is being organised by an ad-hoc committee of progressive activists, the