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Arguments for socialism: Tariffs and 'free trade'

Tariffs and 'free trade' By Allen Myers Several weeks ago, the federal government publicly retreated from its announced target of tariff reduction on cars. Car corporations and unions alike welcomed the move as likely to encourage

Politics and Papalote

Recently Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's SANDRA WALLACE caught up with JUSTO DIAZ of Papalote, one of Sydneys best known and most diverse Latin American bands. Question: When and how did the band start? The band began in 1979, but was known as Papalote

French plays close to the bone

Chamber Theatre, in two parts: Dissident, Goes Without Saying and With Nina It's DifferentBy Michel VinaverPublic Works Theatre CompanyThe Lookout Theatre, SydneyBookings 9331 6351 Review by Brendan Doyle This double bill by contemporary French

Just the trick for tired businessmen

The Washington ClubByPeter CorrisSydney: Bantam, 1997. 254 pp., $12.95 (pb)The Fourth EstateBy Jeffrey Archer London: Harper Collins, 1996. 551 pp., $14.95 (pb) Review by Tony Smith Supposedly, power causes conflict, and conflict produces the

Hunter coal strikers: Fighting for all of us

Miners from the Hunter No. 1 colliery in the Hunter Valley have been on strike since June 10, when they began "protected" industrial action, allowed during an enterprise bargaining period. The 400 miners have since voted to remain on strike,

Limited reprieve for Day of Mourning site

Limited reprieve for Day of Mourning site By Chris Martin SYDNEY — Activists campaigning to save the historic "Day of Mourning and Protest" site in Elizabeth Street staged a spirited overnight vigil and demonstration here on July 9 and

Indonesia: 'The key will be the youth'

MALIK MIAH is a member of the US socialist organisation Solidarity and of the International Association of Machinists who visited Indonesia at the time of the recent elections as part of a Global Exchange delegation. He was interviewed for Â鶹´«Ã½

One Nation not welcome in Canberra

By Liam Hazell CANBERRA — Some 1500 people rallied outside the National Press Club on July 8 to protest against Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party. The protesters outnumbered Hanson supporters by 10 to one. At the rally, organised by the

Action updates

Celebrating Diversity launched ADELAIDE — The Celebrating Diversity Coalition's first annual general meeting on July 7 was attended by 60 people. The meeting elected office bearers and a committee to oversee its functioning between

and ain't i a woman?: Lessons from the Katies case

Lessons from the Katies caseLessons from the Katies case On July 8, the Industrial Relations Court ruled that Katies Fashions acted unlawfully in March 1995 when it made "sexist assumptions" and sacked 25 migrant women workers at its

Sweatshop boss gets whitewash

By Malik Miah SAN FRANCISCO — "We found Nike to be in the forefront of a global economy", said Andrew Young, former civil rights leader, mayor of Atlanta and US United Nations ambassador, in his "independent" report on Nike's global sportswear

Earth Summit II — why it failed

By Lisa Macdonald The United Nations' first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 produced a lot of rhetoric about the severity of the global environment crisis, but virtually no action. The second summit, held in New York at the end of June,