Secondary students organise
By Bronwyn Powell
SYDNEY — Twenty United Secondary Students Union (NSW) members discussed the need to build campaigns to fight the government's attacks on high school students at the first NSW USSU conference on
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Clear the air
The Non-Smokers Movement of Australia asks that Standards Australia, an influential private body that sets uniform standards for Australia clean up its act. Its draft of The Use of Ventilation and Air Conditioning in Buildings, part
etails = The Marxists and the Jewish question: History of a debate 1843-1943By Enzo TraversoHumanities Press, New Jersey, 1996. 288 pp, $37 (pb)
Review by Chris Slee
This book reviews a century of writings by Marxists on the history, social
Social life or social change?
Social life or social change?
March 8 is International Women's Day. Since 1908, women in almost every country have come together on this date in marches, meetings, rallies and festivals to demand their right to
Looking out: Hopelessness and despair
By Brandon Astor Jones
Have you ever wondered about the topics that prisoners discuss late at night, when the prison is relatively quiet and locked down? This will be the first of a series of excerpts from
Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political ActivismBy Barbara WinslowUniversity College London Press, 1996. 236 pp., $37.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Strife and controversy have reigned over the bones of Sylvia Pankhurst, daughter of
Liberals threaten environment office
By James Vassilopoulos
Environmental Defenders Offices (EDOs) have been threatened with funding cuts because they are defending the environment. The EDOs each receive around $70,000 a year from the federal
Meeting prepares for deaths in custody summit
By Jennifer Thompson
So far this year, there have been seven Aboriginal deaths in custody — "almost one for every week of the year", Tauto Sansbury, National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee
Bioencephalopathy: A manual for sufferersBioencephalopathy: A manual for sufferers
Behind the front part of my head lives something of which I am truly proud — my consciousness.
Despite my penchant for eccentricity and the occasional burst
Weeds could develop resistance to Roundup
The evolution of pesticide resistance plays a key role in keeping farmers on the so-called "pesticide treadmill" — a cycle in which farmers feel compelled to move on to other chemicals as older pesticides
By Nico Warouw
Starting on March 3, the 14 People's Democratic Party (PRD) prisoners who are now on trial on subversion charges, which carry the death penalty, will launch a hunger strike protest against unfair actions by the judges and
By Sarah Peart
A national executive meeting of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union on January 28 moved to support the National Union Students-organised national day of action (NDA) against education cuts on March 26. It also decided
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