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Building the student movement in 1997

[This is an abridged version of a discussion paper put forward by the socialist youth organisation Resistance for discussion in the student movement.] This will be a crunch year for tertiary education in this country, one in which the student

Population and politics

By Lisa Macdonald The debate about the impact of population, and therefore immigration, on Australia's environment is a crucial one for all progressive people. The position that we take defines on which side of the human rights divide we stand, and

Only one solution

Only one solution The federal government's mid-year budget review, released on January 28, will certainly be used to justify another savage budget in May. The review projects a budget deficit for 1996-97 of $8.49 billion, $2.84 billion more than

Army planning attack on rebels?

Army planning attack on rebels? Elements of the Mexican government and several state governments have been stepping up repressive measures against opposition groups. On January 11, Morelos state police arrested three members of the Tepozteco Unity

Ennui and muffed kicks

Off SideBy Manuel Vazquez MontalbanSerpent's Tail, 1996. 275 pp. Review by Phil Shannon In the hands of a writer of critical social awareness, the detective novel can be an effective window on the greed, hypocrisy, violence and related vices of

Michael Collins and Ireland's struggle

Comment by Michael Heaney One good thing to come out of Neil Jordan's movie Michael Collins is a re-examination of the historical Michael Collins. I found the film captivating and inspirational. There are historical inaccuracies in it, but I have

Report prepares ABC privatisation

By Pip Hinman There's a perception that the ABC has been spared because the Mansfield inquiry did not recommend further budget cuts and opposed the introduction of sponsorship and advertising. This is dead wrong. The ABC is facing the biggest

Closing Radio Australia 'an attack on free speech'

By Norm Dixon "The closure of Radio Australia would in effect be an intensification of the media blockade that has been placed on Bougainville by PNG for the past eight years", an angry Moses Havini, spokesperson in Australia for the

Careers with what?

Careers with what? By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — The appropriately named daily newspaper, the Advertiser, managed to fill a quarter of a page last week reporting that federal and state ministers for employment and education, Amanda Vanstone and

July crackdown increases exploitation

JILL HICKSON visited Indonesia in December to make a documentary video. Here she describes her discussions with women factory workers. I met with women workers from Tangerang and other outlying industrial areas around Jakarta. They talked about some

Redfern Aborigines under attack

By Chris Spindler On January 31, more than 300 people attended a public meeting called by the Redfern Aboriginal Housing Coalition to discuss opposition to the ongoing relocation of residents and demolition of houses in Eveleigh Street, Redfern.

Radical feminists rally their defence

Radically Speaking: Feminism ReclaimedEdited by Diane Bell and Renate KleinSpinifex Press, 1966. 624 pp., $34.95 (pb) Review by Pat Brewer This book is a defensive project, criticism driven, by a strand of feminism which feels itself under siege.