Education for liberation in Brazil
By Tania Jorquera
In a period when successive Australian governments have slashed funding to public education, a movement in Brazil has radically changed the basis of education. The Movimiento de los Sin Tierra
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By Jon Singer
A confidential paper by employment minister Peter Reith, revealed on February 17, shows that the Howard government's recent claim that a 5% official unemployment rate is possible is based on pursuit of wage cuts, especially among the
What's behind MUA rank-and-file revival?
MELBOURNE — Community radio 3CR's Friday Breakfast Show interviewed Chris Cain and Ian Bray from the WA Maritime Union of Australia Rank and File on February 5. The interview, conducted by Susan Price, has
By Nick Fredman
LISMORE — Thirty-five activists attended a general meeting of the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) at Rosebank, near Lismore, on February 15 to discuss recent changes to forestry legislation and agreements. The gathering assessed
NY cops kill African: 'zero tolerance' in practice
By Norm Dixon
The body of Ahmed Diallo arrived home in Conakry, the capital of the west African country of Guinea, on February 14, accompanied by his grieving parents. Ten days earlier, Diallo's
Emma To and Keara Courtney
SYDNEY — On February 13, nearly 200 people gathered at Town Hall to protest the anti-truancy policy of the NSW Labor government. Tim Anderson, secretary of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, described the poor
Kurdish Australians demand fair trial for Ocalan
By Kylie Moon
SYDNEY — In the early hours of February 17, more than 60 Kurdish protesters occupied the Greek consulate in response to the kidnapping of Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah
Mutual obligation
The Federal government is locked into its plan to expand its "work for the dole" scheme. This is being implemented under the rhetoric of "mutual obligation". A mutual obligation which is one-sided.
This and the previous
Beverley uranium mine breaches standards
By David Noonan
Reports commissioned by the federal government on the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia reveal that the government does not have enough information to justify approval of the mine.
Kurds respond to 'un-Australian' jibe
By Kerryn Williams
MELBOURNE — The Kurdish community demonstrated outside the Greek consulate on February 17 in response to the abduction of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. The Australian government, the
By Wendy Robertson
According to Karl Marx, capitalism is a system based on the debasement, enslavement and exploitation of the majority by the few. Marx provided a scientific analysis for the struggle for human liberation, and a method to make
Open AustraliaBy Lindsay TannerPluto Press, 1999248 pp., $24.95 Review by Allen Myers
Since its crushing electoral defeat in 1996, the Labor Party has been seeking to revive its image with the voters. Part of this involves projecting the idea that
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