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Hungary 1956

This month is the 40th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution, a crucial event in the development of the crisis of international Stalinism. PHIL HEARSE explains. At dawn on November 4, Russian tanks, which had withdrawn from Budapest after the first

Looking out: Thanks

Looking out: Thanks By Brandon Astor Jones "I know Glenys will fill you in on the news from her [and] from me ... I first heard you were in Reidsville from ... who left a message on my tape machine on Thursday morning." — Diane L. Post By

Labor right wins University of Canberra

Labor right wins University of Canberra By Nick Soudakoff CANBERRA — After losing the student elections at the Australian National University a few weeks ago, Labor right won the positions of president, women's officer and environment officer,

Radio highlights

Full Pay and Benefits — A radio play by Colin Free. Peter Dudley and Currie are trade unionists who meet a horrible death when the van they are driving explodes, sabotaged by boss's goons in the midst of a bitter industrial dispute. Transported

No alternative

The results of the Lindsay by-election in western Sydney on October 19 mean more attacks on working people with Howard claiming a new mandate. The strength of the Liberals' victory — a swing in the two-party preferred vote from Labor to Liberal

IOC creates spectre of 'terrorism' at Olympics

IOC creates spectre of 'terrorism' at Olympics By Stuart Russell Aboriginal leaders have reacted angrily to remarks suggesting that they intend to "hijack" the Sydney Olympic Games. After visiting last month, the chairman of the International

Apartheid rulers named

Apartheid rulers named Hard on the heels of the acquittal of the Magnus Malan and other senior military and political officials of the apartheid regime have come further accusations of former apartheid rulers ordering violence against

Write on: Letters to the editor

Hanson There was a telling juxtaposition on Channel 9 on the evening of October 20. Sixty Minutes showed Pauline Hanson in a ferocious argument with some young Murris in Ipswich. The upshot was that she had one arrested for swearing. Straight

Secondary students protest anti-youth

By Paul Howes SYDNEY — Around 500 high school students from across the city walked out of school on October 22 to voice their opposition to the NSW government's "street safety legislation". The proposed legislation gives police the power to break

Struggle to save CES enters crucial phase

By Bruce Marlowe On October 30, workers in the Department of Social Security, and the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs will be asked to vote for a campaign of lightning bans. The Howard government has rejected the

Asian Australians Against Further Intimidation launched

By Peter Boyle Asian Australians Against Further Intimidation (AAAFI) was launched on October 11, 1996 to counter the racist views promoted by right-wing organisations, such as Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI) and Oxley MP Pauline

Images of control

SociobeastFlipside PerformanceDispensary Cafe84 Enmore Road, Newtown, SydneyNovember 1-4 and 6Previewed by Nick Fredman Sociobeast examines the evolving and contradictory relationship between humanity, society and technology. In a collage of images