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Privatisation comes unstuck SYDNEY — Plans by the Carr Labor government to corporatise, then privatise, the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme have been defeated in the NSW upper house. Peter Wright of the Australian Conservation Foundation

Letter from the US: 50,000 march to back locked-out newspaper workers

50,000 march to back locked-out newspaper workers By Barry Sheppard With the support of the national union federation, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), union activists from around the

A one-layered misreading

Bad Girls: The media, sex & feminism in the 90sBy Catharine LumbyAllen and Unwin 1997. 192 pp. $16.95 (pb) Review by Corinne Glenn Over the last two years, publishing houses have been rushing to provide books about young feminists and feminism

Hamlet's better half isn't nearly enough

HamletDirected by Kenneth Branagh Review by John Tognolini Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet is the 60th film version of Shakespeare's classic story of murder, revenge, madness, incest and abuse of power. Seeing the two-hour version makes me want to see

Citipower uses court against union

By Michael Bull and Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — A dispute between Citipower and members of the Electrical Trades Union has continued for seven weeks. ETU organiser Howard Worthing told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, "In the months prior to the expiry of

ALP and Democrats betray unemployed youth

By Marina Cameron The ALP and the Democrats went "belly up" in the Senate last week, according to Greens Senator Bob Brown, allowing the government to pass the amendment to social security legislation needed to implement work for the dole

Italian left divided on Maastricht

By Paolo Teobaldelli ROME — After the June 14 European march in Amsterdam against the Maastricht treaty, the Italian independent newspaper Il Manifesto explored the differences shown by the left parties in Italy and the absence of the Italian

Brothers

Brothers to Us: The Story of a Remarkable Family's Fight Against ApartheidBy Kristin Williamson (with a foreword by John Pilger)Viking, 1997. 344 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Rugby, some claim, is the game played in Heaven, but for

Jose Marti Cultural Evening

José Martí Cultural Evening @box text intro = FREMANTLE — On June 15, more than 150 people gathered at the third José Martí Cultural Evening, organised by the Australia Cuba Friendship Society and Committees in

Write on: Letters to the editor

Indonesia and the left I'm coming up to my 30th year in radical politics. In that time the organised left in this country has been challenged by many issues. Despite tactical differences — which will always exist — what has truly divided the

Concern over private bus line in Canberra

Concern over private bus line in Canberra Martin Iltis CANBERRA — An agreement between the ACT government and private bus company Deanes has been condemned by the Transport Workers Union and many others, as heralding the start of the

Anti-Hanson protests in Victoria and NSW

Anti-Hanson protests in Victoria and NSW Two thousand people participated in a silent vigil outside the launch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in Ballarat on June 23. The protest was organised by community and church groups and supported by