By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — With stronger winter sunshine, warmer temperatures and more "calm" days, Brisbane has a greater smog potential year round than centres such as Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Newcastle. The capacity of the airshed over
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ADELAIDE — Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) will hold a rally on August 8 at 1pm on the steps of Parliament House at which it will hand over a submission to the state government calling for a reform of SA's marijuana laws. The rally marked the
By Frank Noakes
"Sydney's City Court in 1938 was a dreary place through which passed an endless procession of drunks, prostitutes, perverts, drug addicts, petty criminals and car thieves. So what a change, what a dramatic change then, when a
Shock Corridor
"Justice ... is so subtle a thing that to interpret it one has only need of a heart." — Jose Garcia Oliver
Back in the 60s, during the struggle for civil rights, I, like many other African-Americans, took to the streets of
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's organised working class expects the new government to be thoroughly accountable to its supporters and will resort to mass action if workers' interests are betrayed. These are some of the findings of
International Playhouse — Fun Balloons — Tom's washing machine needs to be repaired but nobody comes to service it, so he goes to the local showroom to complain. There he meets the manager, his secretary and the area supervisor who give him
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG, July 24 — The militant strike by shop workers employed by South Africa's largest supermarket chain, Pick 'n Pay, continues. While there has been a noticeable reduction in the violent attacks by police that marred
intro = The Balkanisation of the West
By Stjepan G. Mestrovic
Routledge
Reviewed by Phil Clarke
In 1989 US state department academic Francis Fukuyama shot to fame proclaiming "the end of history" in the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Rodney Croome, of the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, was in New York in late June to speak at the rally to mark the 25th anniversary of Stonewall. During his stay he participated in several meetings and had discussions with a range of gay
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Hundreds of rural labour tenants — impoverished communities who exchange labour on white-owned farms in return for the use of land — have begun a campaign of strikes and marches in the Piet Retief region of the
[This is the edited transcript of a talk given by Left Business Observer editor Doug Henwood at a panel sponsored by Monthly Review during the Socialist Scholars Conference in New York City in April.]
Four years ago, I sat on one of these panels
By Jenny Long
SYDNEY — A $50-per-head lunch attracting 430 guests was held on July 29 to mark the achievements of ten years of the federal Sex Discrimination Act. Pioneers and beneficiaries of the legislation were presented with awards by ALP
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