'Illegal' labour and inhumane immigration policy
By Jon Singer
The front-page newspaper photos showed workers sitting on the ground, handcuffed or bound with rope. Their employer, Joe Vraca, a farmer at Murchison near Shepparton in Victoria, told
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Chimps, AIDS and the environment
By Louis Proyect
In the February 1 New York Times, Lawrence K. Altman reported that scientists have discovered the origin of the AIDS virus in a subspecies of chimpanzee called Pan troglodytes troglodytes. The
A rebel against the sexual double standard
Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria WoodhullBy Barbara GoldsmithGranta, 1998 — 531 pp., $35.00 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman
... and ain't I a woman?: Less, not more choice on campus
In the six years that the University of Western Australia guild (student representative body) has been operating under "voluntary student unionism" (VSU), thousands of dollars have been
Lesbian and gay organising in Indonesia
By Orie Nalcagawa
SYDNEY — Indonesian society has become more accepting of homosexuality since the fall of former president Suharto, a leading Indonesian gay activist said on February 19. Speaking at the
By Damien Bradley
HOBART — On the Parliament Lawns on February 20, Resistance organised a speak-out against the Jabiluka uranium mine. The speak-out was chaired by Edwina Foster; speakers included Huw Lockwood, Ema Corro and Alex Bainbridge, all
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — Six hundred people attended a rally and march against the Jabiluka uranium mine on February 21. The action coincided with the world music festival Womadelaide and was organised by the Jabiluka Action Group (JAG). The rally
Timbarra: Stuttering frog joins the fight
By Olivier Maxted Important new witnesses have been called in the legal battle against the Timbarra gold mine in northern NSW. Stuttering frogs, palmer wallabies and glossy black cockatoos are the
By Sue Bolton
In January, a confidential Australian Taxation Office paper was released to the Australian under the Freedom of Information Act. In it, tax office officials lament that "control" of the tax system has been snatched by the big
Palm Sunday protests against Jabiluka
Rallies will be held in many centres on Palm Sunday, March 28, to protest against the Jabiluka uranium mine and other aspects of Australia's involvement in the nuclear fuel cycle.
In Melbourne, the rally is
My meeting with GA
Here I am, in the full term of my mature years, after years of this and that, and I'm turning Celtic. I've seen it happen to others. I've watched as some of my best friends have crossed over. Out go rhythm and blues, reggae
By Zanny Begg
This is a vexed question in feminist circles, many asserting that feminist consciousness is intrinsically linked to female biology and that therefore only women can be feminists. But does biology really determine political ideas? Or
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