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From Martin Luther King to the Black Panthers

Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement From the 1950s to the 1980SHenry Hampton and Steve Fayer (eds)Vintage Press, 1995. Published in Australia by Random House. 692 pp., $22.95 Review by Arun Pradhan The history of the

Socialists organise in Lismore

Socialists organise in Lismore By Nick Fredman LISMORE — With the launching of a Resistance club at the Lismore campus of Southern Cross University, organised socialist activity is happening in northern NSW for the first time in many

An IWD message from Indonesia

DITA SARI, chairperson of the Indonesian Centre for Labour Struggles and a leader of the People's Democratic Party in Indonesia, was arrested by the Suharto dictatorship in the wave of repression that began last July. She was arrested on July 8 while

'McMountains' development defeated

'McMountains' development defeated KATOOMBA — In a victory for grassroots community action, the fast food giant McDonald's informed local activists organised in the Mountains Against McDonald's (MAM) group on March 7 that it would not

A new beginning — Czech style

KolyaOpening on March 27 at Dendy Cinemas Review by Margaret Allan The latest film to come out of the former Czechoslovakia is set in the 1989 "Velvet Revolution", in which the characters play out a charming story of the relationship between a

University of Sydney moves towards privatisation

By Emily McCosker SYDNEY — As university administrations around the country contemplate government cuts to higher education funding, it is becoming apparent that larger universities will introduce fee-paying courses for Australian

Write on: letters to the editor

Were the Jews a nation? In his latest attempt to argue that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism, Philip Mendes (GLW #266) claims that the establishment of the Israel state was an expression of "Jewish national aspirations". This

New team wins majority in ACT CPSU

By Frank Gollan CANBERRA — Delegates attending the March 13 branch conference of the ACT Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) expressed strong support for a united and effective fight against attacks on the public service. The meeting

Immunisation: parent blaming is no answer

By Margaret Perrott The media are once again focusing on the low immunisation rates of Australian children. The federal health minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, dismisses the 2-5% of parents who actively oppose it. He has proposed "incentives" to

Korea: the unfinished revolution

By Gim Joong-gen First World bosses point to the social values of Asia's newly industrialising countries (NICs) as a universal recipe for prosperity: unswerving loyalty to family, company and nation. The most genuine progress in these

Workers lose under enterprise bargaining

By James Vassilopoulos Last October, federal industrial relations minister Peter Reith quietly tabled a report in parliament titled Enterprise Bargaining 1995. The report, written by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), was not highly

International Women's Day

IWD was celebrated around the country on March 8 with rallies and marches in support of women's demands for measures needed to make equality a reality. A spirited group of 300 women and men attended the first IWD rally in Canberra for four years.