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Casino workers continue campaign

Casino workers continue campaign By Bronwen Beechey ADELAIDE 鈥� Workers at the Adelaide Casino are continuing their campaign for a collective workplace agreement, despite harassment and intimidation from management. The workers, members of the

Gas commission highlights safety problems

Gas commission highlights safety problems By Chris Spindler MELBOURNE 鈥� Witnesses at the royal commission to investigate the Longford gas disaster, in which two workers were killed and eight injured, have reported maintenance delays, poor

'History happened to people'

'History happened to people' Review by Phil Shannon Eleanor Dark: a writer's lifeBy Barbara BrooksMacmillan, 1998 鈥� 504 pp., $39.95 (pb) In 1947, Eleanor Dark was denounced in Australia's parliament as an "underground worker for the

Radioactive racism

Radioactive racism By Jim Green The nuclear industry profits from and reinforces racism. Backed by its political partners, the industry forces uranium mines, nuclear reactors, radioactive waste dumps and weapons tests on to the land of

Abstudy cuts are racist

Abstudy cuts are racist By Aaron Benedek Aborigines suffer an infant mortality rate two to three times that of other Australians. Life expectancy is 18 to 20 years lower. Unemployment among Aboriginal men is over four times that among

When paranoia makes sense

When paranoia makes sense Enemy of the StateDirected by Tony Scott and produced by Jerry BruckheimerWith Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet and Regina King Review by Norm Dixon The big business newspaper smartypants all shouted in

'I will always strive to engineer a better society'

'I will always strive to engineer a better society' By Sue Boland The Indian revolutionary movement has suffered a double blow with the deaths of Vinod Mishra, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) on December 18,

Greek secondary students in revolt

Greek secondary students in revolt By James Vassilopoulos School occupations, mass demonstrations, mass school assemblies and roadblocks are tactics Greek secondary students have used in their militant campaign against the social democratic PASOK

Murder of writers stirs Iran

By Ebrahim Afshar The murdered bodies of two active members of the Iranian Writers Association(IWA) were found on the outskirts of Tehran in December. Later, it was disclosed that the two, who were kidnapped a week apart, were immediately strangled

Activists create 'JAILS'

Activists create 'JAILS' By Jim Green In 1998, about 500 people were arrested at the Jabiluka uranium mine blockade in the Northern Territory. Many are to face court in coming months. JAILS (Jabiluka Arrestees Information and Legal Support) has

For 'reconciliation', read 'surrender'

For 'reconciliation', read 'surrender' Visiting Uluru on January 13, Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer performed what amounts to an allegory for the government's plan to achieve "reconciliation" with Aboriginal people by the centenary of

Historic houses threatened

Historic houses threatened By Emma Murphy MELBOURNE 鈥� The planners for Melbourne University Private 鈥� an annexe of Melbourne University reserved the rich 鈥� have announced the demolition of 18 National Trust-listed terrace houses in Carlton.