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The reconstructed, best practice moomen

This is the edited text of a speech given by PEGGY TROMPF to a meeting in Sydney on September 1 organised by the Rank and File Alliance. On Monday, I listened to the speeches of the president and secretary of the ACTU as they opened the

Life among the Nyvkhi

A Piebald Dog Running on the Edge of the Sea Directed by Karen Gevorkian From September 10 at Carlton Movie House, Melbourne Reviewed by Peter Boyle The "piebald dog running on the edge of the sea" is the Nyvkh name for a large rock off

Tim Anderson speaks on Austudy arrests

Tim Anderson speaks on Austudy arrests MELBOURNE — Tim Anderson is touring Melbourne campuses to talk about the justice system and the fight for our rights and liberties. Speaking at a socialist conference in Sydney in August, he repeated

Cover-up fear in Yanomami massacre

Cover-up fear in Yanomami massacre By Cam Walker The world was horrified by the recent massacre of up to 100 Yanomami Indians by goldminers in the Amazon basin. It has been reported that the inhabitants of two villages were slaughtered and

600 jobs saved in SA?

600 jobs saved in SA? By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — In the lead-up to the South Australian budget, Premier Lyn Arnold announced that previously projected cuts of 600 jobs in the public sector would not go ahead. The content of the budget,

Folk festival at Wollombi

By John Queripel From the highland flings of Scotland to the dance of East Timor, from the strident sounds of protest folk to the harmonies of a cappella: they will all be there at the Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Festival to be held at

Long history behind Yorta Yorta land claim

By Wendy Robertson The Yorta Yorta are the first Victorian Koori group to lodge a land rights claim following the 1992 Mabo decision. The claim is for areas of land along what is now the Victorian-NSW border which are part of their traditional

Brisbane's Green It Up

Brisbane's Green It Up By Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — What do you get when you mix healthy politics, live music, poetry and Guinness? It's called Green It Up and it happens every Thursday Night at the Brisbane Celtic Club. Green It Up is

Call to protect Jervis Bay

Call to protect Jervis Bay By Bruce Threlfo SYDNEY — A special peak councils meeting of Australia's major environmental organisations on August 25 called upon the federal and NSW governments to invoke the fullest degree of environmental

Rare look at a red feminist

Inessa Armand: Revolutionary and feminist By R.C. Elwood Cambridge University Press, 1992. 304 pp. $99 hardback. Reviewed by Claudine Holt When Inessa Armand's name is mentioned, it is usually in connection with that of Vladimir Lenin —

Rally calls for action on Brisbane River

Rally calls for action on Brisbane River By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — Queensland Greens convener Drew Hutton and Australian Littoral Society executive officer Di Tarte expressed some optimism about the future of the Brisbane River, following

Pollution case raised in WA parliament

By Stephen Robson PERTH — The case of Helen Carr, brought to public attention by Jim Scott, the Greens (WA) member for South Metropolitan, in the Legislative Council on August 18, seems to indicate that little protection exists for individuals