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Choose an education?

The graduate factory (pay at the door) By Sean Healy University was supposed to be a sanctuary of ideas and debate, a "community of scholars" adding to the pool of society's knowledge and enlightenment. But today's universities are factories,

The politics of the early Christians

Review by Brian Reeves Jesus the Man (Doubleday, 1992, 624 pp., $15.95)Jesus of the Apocalypse: The Life of Jesus After the Crucifixion (Doubleday, 1995, 462 pp., $15.95)The Book That Jesus Wrote (Doubleday, 1998, 362 pp., $29.95)By Barbara

Defamation ruling against Â鶹´«Ã½ article

Defamation ruling against Â鶹´«Ã½ article By Dot Tumney A ruling on November 26 by the District Court of South Australia awarded damages of $100,000 and costs of $11,000 to the former developers of the Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) bridge,

Where does the money come from?

Where does the money come from? By Allen Myers When we consider the huge wealth of people like Kerry Packer or Westfield tsar Frank Lowy or corporations like BHP, the question naturally arises: where and how did they get all this money? The

Philippine socialists unite in new party

Philippine socialists unite in new party By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — November 30, the birth date of Andres Bonifacio, a left-wing leader of the 1898 Philippine revolution against Spanish colonial domination, is marked as National Heroes Day by

Advertiser scapegoats Aboriginal youth

By Hali Minkayilar and Jo Ellis ADELAIDE — On November 28, the Adelaide Advertiser printed an article about youth vandalism in Port Augusta. It was accompanied by a silhouetted picture of four teenage boys, looking dark and sinister. The article

New left coalition in France

By Rafael Duffleaux France's two major far-left parties, Workers Struggle (LO) and the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR), will probably present joint candidates in the next European elections. LO spokeswoman Arlette Laguiller attracted 5.3% of

Sport, race and colonialism

Sport, race and colonialism Review by Phil Shannon The CallBy Martin FlanaganAllen & Unwin, 1998181 pp., $16.95 (pb) Tom Wills is regarded as "the father of Australian football". Modern Australian Rules owes a lot to this Victorian sporting

Which Bank

Which bank? "Stop bashing the banks", demanded the headline of the Financial Review editorial on November 26. The widespread public anger over fee increases, branch closures, job losses and reduction of services is unwarranted and irrational,

Resistance briefs

PERTH — The Curtin University Academic Board has voted 26 to nine in favour of introducing full up-front fee-paying places in speech and hearing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy courses. If the University Council passes the proposal at its

Country Joe: No cobwebs on this radical

No cobwebs on this radical Something Borrowed, Something NewCountry Joe McDonaldBig BeatTo order, visit <http://www.countryjoe.com>. Review by Barry Healy "Country Joe! Where's he been all these years?", older Â鶹´«Ã½ readers may

Hong Kong democracy activists charged

Hong Kong democracy activists charged By Eva Cheng Four activists who led a demonstration in Hong Kong on July 1 in pressing for democratic reforms were served subpoenas on November 19 for a trial on December 21 on the charge of "breach of the