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Rank and file unionists meet

By Barry Healy SYDNEY — The ACTU urgently needs to change direction, a September 1 public meeting was told. The meeting, called by the Rank and File Alliance and attended by about 80 people, coincided with the ACTU congress and was organised

An answer to the jobs-environment conflict?

By Tony Mazzochi [The author is secretary-treasurer of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union in the US. This article is abridged from EcoSocialist Review, published in Chicago.] Our first concern is to protect the jobs, incomes and

Cuts to ethnic broadcasting

Cuts to ethnic broadcasting By Geoff Spencer MELBOURNE — More than 400 people attended a public meeting on August 16 organised by radio stations 3ZZZ, 3CR and 3YYR. The meeting, at Trades Hall, was called to condemn a 25% cut in federal

Zanny Begg

Zanny Begg All in the family Just before the federal budget, Channel 7's current affairs program, Real Life, featured a story on young people who leave home because of the attraction of welfare payments for the homeless. Young people who

Chair of Reconciliation Council speaks

By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — Patrick Dodson, chairperson of the Aboriginal Reconciliation Council, spoke to more than 200 students and staff at Flinders University on August 18 on the results of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in

What she is

Become what you are The Juliana Hatfield Three Festival Records Reviewed by Karen Fredericks In "Feelin' Massachusetts", on Become what you are, Juliana Hatfield complains that her home town, Boston, bores her. Boring or not, the city is

10,000 on strike in Indonesia

By Jana D.K. JAKARTA — On September 1, 6000 workers stopped work at the PT Khong Tai Indonesia Rebok shoe factory in East Bekasi, West Java, over wages and conditions. Strikers erected signs with slogans such as "Don't cut our wages", "Hi,

Refugees from Burma's dictators

By Kirsty Sangster and Lia Kent "Before I came in to Thailand, I sat on the River Moi bank, on the borderline, very close to Thailand. In 1984, Burmese troops came and attacked Maesot ... I set out on foot looking for a safe place, and went

Coode Fire Commemorated

Coode Fire Commemorated By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — On August 21, local residents of Melbourne's inner west joined with environment activists to release balloons carrying tags for return to the Hazardous Materials Action Group at Coode