By Carla Gorton
The Howard government's plans to shift the cost of social spending from government to individuals will bring about a major increase in the personal indebtedness of low income earners. Students got a taste of this user-pays approach
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New additions to the Marx/Engels Internet Archive (http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/) — The text of the following Marxist classics have been transcribed for access from the M/E Web site: Lessons of October by Trotsky (1924); Capital Vol. 3,
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — On May 14, abortion clinic worker Dianne Unger won an unprecedented victory for pro-choice forces. On this day she took her most vociferous "pro-life" opponent — Carolyn O'Loughlin — to court and succeeded in
Efficiency
"An evacuation of small island nations threatened by rising sea levels might be more efficient than forcing industrialised countries to reduce emissions ... [said the] executive director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and
By Marina Carman
The Resistance National Conference will be held in Melbourne July 5-7. Resistance activists from around the country will gather to discuss international and Australian politics and the work of Resistance as the largest socialist
The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Selected Essays on Marxist Traditions in Cultural CommitmentBy Alan M. WaldHumanities Press, 1995. 250 pp., $29.00 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon In these times of post-modernist malaise, the notion of the
By Alex Bainbridge
HUNTER VALLEY — The NSW Labor government has announced its intention to legislate to protect a polluting industry, this time the proposed Bengalla coal mine near Muswellbrook. The State Environmental Planning (Permissible
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Boris Yeltsin might with justice claim to have pulled off the near-impossible when he took first place in the presidential elections on June 16. Granted, he went nowhere near matching his easy first-round victory of
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 4-7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,
By Norm Dixon
The Papua New Guinea government is openly preparing a major military offensive against strongholds of the pro-independence Bougainville Revolutionary Army in the island's central and southern regions. Port Moresby has told villagers
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — "Governments talk of the benefits of micro-economic reform, but nobody talks about the effects of unemployment, which cost society far more than what we get in return. In Australia now the top 10% of the population have
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Striking unionists at the Dalrymple Bay coal loading terminal near Mackay voted on June 21 to return to work from June 23, to allow a hearing by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to proceed on their demand to
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