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Disposable Heroes: 'oppression is a universal language'

By Sean Malloy The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy are serious about what they say and do. During their tour of Australia and New Zealand, they took time to learn about the respective countries' politics. On Tuesday the 26th Michael Franti

Europe's slump fuels political crisis

By Frank Noakes and Catherine Brown LONDON — 1992 marked the closing of one chapter and the opening of another in European politics. The former, developing from the early '80s, reached its pinnacle in 1989 with the collapse of walls and

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Survival Day concert SYDNEY — Ten thousand people celebrated "Survival '93, a celebration of Koori culture" on January 26 at La Perouse. The annual concert, organised by the Aboriginal Arts Management Association, featured Tiddas, Kev Carmody,

Russian neo-liberalism on the rocks

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Russian Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin on January 18 abandoned price controls imposed several weeks earlier on a range of food and household products. The decision to lift the controls, which were introduced in

Socialist preferences to Greens in WA

Socialist preferences to Greens in WA PERTH — The large number of third party and independent candidates in the WA elections has given an increased importance to the question of preferences. The Democratic Socialists, who are running in

... and ain't i a woman?: Marketing with violence

Marketing with violence The anger of five Sydney art students mounted as they passed a billboard on their way to college each day. The five metre high ad featured a young woman in knickers and bra who seemed thrilled that she'd just been cut

Cathay Pacific lashes out at staff

Cathay Pacific lashes out at staff Flight attendants of the Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific launched an indefinite strike in mid-January following a long-running dispute over staff cuts and restructuring measures. The attendants'

One-fifth of Australians seeking work

By Steve Thompson According to associate professor Mark Wooden, an expert on employment matters, "If you add the unemployment rate and the underemployment rate we would have a total unemployment rate of about 21%". His remarks were

Swedish forests threatened by acid rain

By Christina Jutterstrm STOCKHOLM 197> The most shocking thing bout the damage to the forests is that it has occurred so quickly and extensively. It was less than 20 years ago that a new kind of damage was discovered in the coniferous forests

Why Keating won't save Victorian workers

By Di Quin MELBOURNE — Victorian workers are being advised by some of their union officials to trust federal Labor to save them from the Kennett government's unprecedented attack on workers' rights. The ACTU has warned the Victorian Trades

Hungary's 'transition' to squalor

By Laszlo Andor BUDAPEST — A new economics textbook by the chief editor of the main economics journal of Hungary says that the main difference between transformation and transition is, that the first is a slow and gradual process, while the

Bougainville out of essential medicines

Bougainville out of essential medicines By Norm Dixon Sister Rose, matron of Arawa General Hospital in rebel- controlled central Bougainville, has warned that hundreds of women and children face death because essential life-saving drugs