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Kill the bill

On October 16, the Democrats took a step closer to fulfilling Cheryl Kernot's prediction of a few days' before — that the Coalition's industrial relations law would be in force by the end of the year — by voting for the bill to move to the

From Fabian to fascist

Adela Pankhurst: The Wayward Suffragette 1885-1961By Verna ColemanMelbourne University Press, 1996. 198 pp., $19.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon For a case study of political decay, few can match Adela Pankhurst. From militant suffragist in England

Left revival in Greek elections

By Michael Karadjis While the victory of the "new image" PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) of Costas Simitis in the September 22 elections confirmed and deepened Greeces capitalist integration into Europe and the Maastricht Treaty, the

Violence against women: Who's to blame?

By Philippa Stanford According to Scientific American in 1994, between 20-50% of women in the world are physically abused. In the USA, a woman is beaten every 18 minutes and between 22-35% of visits to emergency rooms are for injuries caused by

Tongan MP, journalists freed

By David Robie Tongan pro-democracy MP and publisher 'Akilisi Pohiva and two newspaper editors walked free after the supreme court on October 14 ruled that they had been detained illegally. The three had served three weeks of a 30-day sentence.

Dunghutti win native title victory

By Chris Martin On October 9, the Dunghutti people of northern NSW became the first Aboriginal nation to win land under native title legislation on mainland Australia. The announcement came just one day after the federal government declared its

A party rallies and a rally parties

By Stephen Marks MANAGUA — On October 16, the right-wing Liberal Alliance (AL) closed its Nicaraguan election campaign with a rally of 30,000 to 120,000 people (estimates varied). Later that day, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)

Waterloo incinerator to close

By Barry Healy SYDNEY — In a major victory for local residents Waterloo incinerator will close on November 23. The announcement brings to a close 31 years of controversy about the plant. Waverley and Woollahra councils, the incinerators owners,

Jose Ramos Horta: 'I appeal for solidarity'

Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's MAX LANE interviewed JOSE RAMOS HORTA after Horta, along with Bishop Carlos Belo, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Question: What impact will the award of the Nobel Peace Prize have? First of all, the Nobel Peace Prize has

NMIT Student Union battles for survival

By Maurice Sibelle MELBOURNE — The Student Representative Council (SRC) at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) Student Union launched a concerted effort to regain funding at its October 10 council meeting. The NMIT Student Union is

Pressure on Indonesian dictatorship grows

By Max Lane In New Delhi, India on October 28 students, trade unionists and human rights activists will demonstrate outside the Indonesian embassy against the crackdown on the democratic movement and the imprisonment of activists and the leaders of

University of Canberra staff drop bans

By Pat Brewer CANBERRA — At a stop-work meeting on October 16, National Tertiary Education and Industry Union and Community and Public Sector Union members unanimously agreed to drop industrial bans as a sign of good faith in stalled enterprise