By Norm Dixon
Workers throughout South Africa have embarked on, or are threatening to take, industrial action. COSATU says the current wave of workers' struggles results from several factors including: three years of no real wages increases for
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Nurses seek wage justice
On July 29 the Australian Nurses Federation (ANF) announced that it will pursue wage increases for 90,000 nurses covered by federal awards across Australia. The claim in the ACT, Northern Territory private sector, South
By John Hallam
In writing this article, I have elected to say relatively little about the matters that have received the greatest press attention, namely the threat of war, sanctions, the sanity and personal habits of North Korean leaders and
Soldier E SAS: Sniper Fire in Belfast
By Shaun Clarke
Cox and Wyman
283 pp., $12.95
Reviewed by Catherine Brown
The publisher's notes for potential reviewers, with its bland reference to the "secretive and controversial" history of the
Student council sacks staff
By Alice Barker
MELBOURNE — Action taken by the student union executive council at the Victorian University of Technology to force staff redundancies may be a sign of what is in store for student unions under
For 23 years former Black Panther Party leader and Vietnam veteran Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt) has been locked up for a crime he did not commit. Eleven times he has been denied parole because he refuses to renounce his commitment to black liberation or
By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — With stronger winter sunshine, warmer temperatures and more "calm" days, Brisbane has a greater smog potential year round than centres such as Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Newcastle. The capacity of the airshed over
By Frank Noakes
"Sydney's City Court in 1938 was a dreary place through which passed an endless procession of drunks, prostitutes, perverts, drug addicts, petty criminals and car thieves. So what a change, what a dramatic change then, when a
ADELAIDE — Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) will hold a rally on August 8 at 1pm on the steps of Parliament House at which it will hand over a submission to the state government calling for a reform of SA's marijuana laws. The rally marked the
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's organised working class expects the new government to be thoroughly accountable to its supporters and will resort to mass action if workers' interests are betrayed. These are some of the findings of
Shock Corridor
"Justice ... is so subtle a thing that to interpret it one has only need of a heart." — Jose Garcia Oliver
Back in the 60s, during the struggle for civil rights, I, like many other African-Americans, took to the streets of
International Playhouse — Fun Balloons — Tom's washing machine needs to be repaired but nobody comes to service it, so he goes to the local showroom to complain. There he meets the manager, his secretary and the area supervisor who give him
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