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The use-value of postmodernism

Comment by Iain Aitken Lisa Macdonald's polemic characterisation of postmodernism as another form of bourgeois individualism (GLW #139) fails to recognise the polymorphous nature of postmodernism and the potential it offers for radical politics.

Russian elections fraudulent — but not to worry

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Imagine that in your country, every sixth vote supposedly cast in recent national elections was shown to have been fraudulent. Imagine, further, that the same expert study showed the constitution to have been

Angry protest over Grand Prix

By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — At least 10,000 people rallied on May 15 in opposition to the holding of the 1996 Australian Formula One Grand Prix in inner-suburban Albert Park. Premier Jeff Kennett also turned up, but didn't stay long.

A history of carnage

By Eileen Herbert Since an Argentinean company established the first Antarctic whaling station at Grytuken on South Georgia in 1904, more than 1.5 million whales have been slaughtered in the Southern Ocean alone. Eight out of 10 species are now

Negative impact of enterprise bargaining on women

The National Pay Equity Coalition held a seminar on May 7 in Sydney on the impact of enterprise bargaining on the pay and working conditions of women workers.

John Smith

I first heard the late John Smith speak when he addressed the British Labour Party's conference in the windswept seaside town of Blackpool in September 1992. It was his first address to conference as leader, and much was expected by the uninitiated.

Filipino socialists call for peace between leftists

By Max Lane Carlos Forte, secretary of the Manila Rizal branch of the underground Communist Party of the Philippines, released a statement on May 9 "fully supporting the call of comrades and concerned progressive sectors for a peaceful

Big Green vote in Coburg

Big Green vote in Coburg By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — Labor candidate Carlo Carli won the May 14 by-election for the state parliamentary seat of Coburg with 53% of the vote, up 3% from 1992, but the vote was not impressive in a working-class

Good causes on the information highway

By Andrew Garton The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a growing international partnership of networks providing low-cost public access computer communications services to individuals and organisations working for peace, human

Sydney Peace Squadron

Members of the Sydney Peace Squadron and other solidarity groups held a vigil of support on May 20 for Robert Samsa, on trial for a protest action he was involved with on October 24 against visiting Indonesian warships.

... and ain't i a woman?: Not Monty Python, unfortunately

Not Monty Python, unfortunately If you thought the days of beauty contests were over, think again. On Saturday, May 21, 77 contestants in the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant lined up in Manila in what women's rights activist Nelia Sancho calls a

History's boldest attempt to liberate women

Women, the State & Revolution: Soviet Family Policy & Social Life, 1917-1936 By Wendy Z. Goldman Cambridge University Press, 1993. 351 pp., $39.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The official organisers of the International Year of the