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Loose cannons

Not socialist "The time is coming when we [the ALP] will either be a socialist party or we will finish up as a muddle-headed, middle-class, petit-bourgeois, status-seeking party." — Former Labor leader Arthur Calwell, in his 1972 memoirs.

Domestic violence, mutton birds and murder

SnorkelLa Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday Street, CarltonBy Richard BladelDirected by Peter HoughtonWith Carmen Mascia, Christopher UhlmannUntil 13 September Review by Vannessa Hearman Snorkel tells the story of two siblings bonded by a history of family

Resistance pledges rallies/walkouts against Hanson

Resistance pledges rallies/walkouts against Hanson By Sarah Peart "Resistance high school students will call protest rallies whenever and wherever Hanson and her candidates hold election meetings", Marina Carman, a national spokesperson of

Radical Basque paper closed

Radical Basque paper closed By Norm Dixon The Spanish government launched another serious attack on the democratic rights of the Basque people when it forced the closure of the left-wing Basque daily newspaper Egin and its sister radio station,

Write on: Letters to the editor

Write on: Letters to the editor Tax treachery Australia is a country destroyed by decades of political manipulation and treachery. This is exemplified in the deceitful booklet issued by the current Government entitled "Tax Reform, not a new tax,

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. Ph 9565 5522. Access News —

Centrelink staff campaign against job cuts

By Philippa Stanford ADELAIDE — In mid-August, Community and Public Sector Union members working for Centrelink in South Australia voted overwhelmingly in favour of a "stop the cuts" campaign to fight the loss of 160 jobs. On August 25, the CPSU

Theatre that proves a point

By Dave Riley Earlier this year, I set up New World Order Theatre in Brisbane. There was no manifesto to mark its birth, nor raving reviews to greet its first production. It happened, like so many things, because it seemed like a good idea at the

Indian students chart way forward

Indian students chart way forward By Sean Healy PATNA, Bihar

Mining still threatens Great Barrier Reef

Mining still threatens Great Barrier Reef By Francesca Davis On August 19, federal environment minister Robert Hill announced new regulations to ban mining and drilling on the Great Barrier Reef. The move will not, however, stop three proposed

Stop the attacks on ATSIC

Stop the attacks on ATSIC The federal government has been busy preparing the ground for another round of attacks on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), and Aboriginal people in general. Recent new allegations of rorting

PNG court sacks radical MP

By Norm Dixon Controversial Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) MP and Eastern Highlands provincial Governor Peti Lafanama was stripped of his seat in the Papua New Guinea parliament on August 28. The PNG Supreme Court ruled that statements made by