By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — There was a time, about 1991, when only slightly drunk members of Moscow's liberal intelligentsia would exclaim to you across their kitchen tables that Russia was at last about to become a normal country. Enterprises
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Festival Records dispute ends
SYDNEY — After 12 weeks on the picket line, workers at Festival Records have won a better redundancy package. Fifty members of the National Union of Workers at the Pyrmont plant were sacked on May 12.
The
By Sarah Stephen and Marina Cameron
On university campuses there have been increasing attacks on the idea of having women's officers and women's rooms. Arguments against women's right and need to organise separately have also been raised. These
Defend the right to protest
ADELAIDE — Some 250 people crowded into the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel on August 17 to support the right to protest. The benefit was to assist activists facing huge legal costs.
Davie Thomason is facing charges
What's Up Dockers?SBS TV, Sunday, August 318.30pm (8 in SA)Edited by Channel 4 Strike, the Flickering Flame — A Story of Contemporary MoralityDirected by Ken LoachSBS TV, Sunday September 7 8.30pm (8 in SA)
Review by James Vassilopoulos
Unionists and students present protest petition
By Earl Henderson
MELBOURNE
Keeping us in the dark
Thirty-five years ago, Betty Friedan wrote a book called The Feminine Mystique. In it she exposed "the problem that has no name" — the discontent, depression and low self-esteem that women experienced as they
Why socialists oppose terrorist actions
By Doug Lorimer
On July 30, two bomb blasts in a crowded marketplace in west Jerusalem caused the deaths of 14 civilians. The Israeli government's use of this terrorist act as a pretext to
Women for Wik
By Angela Walker
ADELAIDE — Several hundred women gathered at Maughan Church on August 16 to endorse the High Court Wik decision and native title rights for indigenous Australians. The gathering heard four Aboriginal women
Housing crisis week in Melbourne
By Lev Lafayette
MELBOURNE — Victorian community organisations and individuals have formed People for Public Housing to oppose federal and state government changes to the public housing system. The
Teamsters point the way forward
By Barry Sheppard
At a news conference announcing victory in the 15-day strike against the United Parcel Service, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' president, Ron Carey, hailed the settlement as "a
By Dave Riley
It is now certain that Sinn Féin will be included in the peace talks process when it resumes in September. Despite persistent unionist intransigence, the initiative, for the moment, rests with Sinn Féin as it pushes
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