Abortion is not safe, legal and accessible in any state of Australia. Women receive (on average) two-thirds of the average male wage. Women do the majority of the unpaid labour in the home, work which is neither recognised nor valued. One in four
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Socialists launch council campaign
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists on February 26 launched their policy statement for the March 25 Brisbane City Council (BCC) election. The Democratic Socialists are standing Graham Matthews
Next door
I guess things have finally settled down next door. Next door?
Indonesia. Looks like there won't be a military coup after all.
I beg yours ...
The standoff between General Wiranto and President Wahid has been resolved and
SA nuclear dump: let the fight begin
By Jim Green
South Australians are gearing up for a crucial stage in their fight against a federal government plan to turn the northern part of the state into Australia's nuclear waste dump. A major
By Jonathan Singer
Hot air fills a vacuum as well as anything else, but it dissipates more easily than something solid. This has been demonstrated most recently in the political arena by the ALP. Labor's rule is: maximum posturing, minimum
Statement against mandatory sentencing
The following statement is being circulated around Australia for opponents of mandatory sentencing to sign, e-mail to the decision-makers listed below, and pass on to others to do the same. For more
By Susan Price
SYDNEY — This year's International Women's Day (IWD) march and rally here will be open to all supporters of women's rights following a decision by the organising collective on February 22. Since the early 1980s, the impact of
How long does it take to change a child's mind?
The Cuban government has published, as a new booklet titled How long does it take to change the mind of a child?, a round table discussion with psychologists and other specialists reflecting on the
Nepali communists plan defeat for Congress
Nepal's communist movement is amongst the largest and most popular in Asia. A leading force in the 1990 people's power movement that ended the autocratic Panchayat system, the Communist Party of Nepal —
US unions call for amnesty for immigrants
The executive council of the United States' main labour confederation, the AFL-CIO, has called for an amnesty for an estimated 6 million workers who have entered the country illegally. In addition to an
By Michael Karadjis
The death of Croatian president Franjo Tudjman was followed by the crushing defeat of his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in January's election, losing in nine of 10 electoral districts and receiving only 24% of the vote. The
Centrelink delegate victimised
By Chris Slee and Jim McIlroy
MELBOURNE — Marcus Banks, a union delegate at the Moreland Centrelink office in suburban Melbourne, faces an investigation and possibly charges under the public service code of
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