NATIONAL — In a triumph for truth and justice, on November 2 the ABC's Media Watch program gave its "Lizard of the Year" award to 2UE's Stan Zamanek for his rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth coverage of Resistance's high school walkouts against racism.
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Double dose of modern opera
Trouble in TahitiBy Leonard BernsteinDirected by Lindy HumeLove BurnsBy Graeme KoehneLibretto by Louis NowraDirected by Neil ArmfieldCompany B Belvoir and OzOperaBelvoir St Theatre, SyndeyUntil December 13 Review by
Can Australian nationalism be progressive?
By Sue Boland
Patrick Stevedores was described by many trade unionists as "un-Australian" for using security guards and dogs to drive waterside workers from their jobs earlier this year. "Un-Australian"
This issue of Â鶹ӳ» Weekly is a little bit different. It contains the first issue of Resistance magazine, published by the socialist youth organisation, Resistance.
The launch of Resistance as a regular feature in Â鶹ӳ» Weekly will
By Nick Markin
SYDNEY — In the midst of negotiations for a new enterprise agreement between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and P&O's Container Terminals Australia Ltd (CTAL), management at Port Botany has abolished 34 crane chaser
By Leo Wellin
Following the public endorsement by telecommunications industry union officials of a Telstra enterprise agreement many workplace delegates consider rotten, union militants are preparing a "Vote No" campaign for the staff ballot on the
An encouraging development
This issue of Â鶹ӳ» Weekly contains an important and encouraging development: Resistance magazine, a new publication that will be incorporated in each issue of Â鶹ӳ».
Resistance magazine will be designed,
Spain considers Basque talks
The British Financial Times reported on November 4 that Spain's conservative Prime Minister José Maria Aznar had bent to pressure following the Basque regional elections, and given approval to government
No more an object
Women of SubstanceBy Sue Jackson and Gael WallacePhotographs by Ponch HawkesAllen & Unwin, 1998. 232 pp., $24.95 Review by Mary Merkenich
This is a delightful book — informative, inspiring and entertaining. Sue Jackson and
Truth Commission report shakes up politics
By Norm Dixon
The final report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), released on October 29 by chairperson Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has presented a damning indictment of the
Surprises in Newcastle poll
By Steve O'Brien
NEWCASTLE — One Nation is casting a shadow over the November 21 Newcastle federal by-election. The Liberal candidate, Clive Jensen, bowed out of the contest and announced that he voted for Labor in a
Multiculturalism and its discontents
By Michael Cooke and Suriyakumaran
When one peruses the newspapers and the air waves, one is struck by most people's lack of knowledge on the issue of multiculturalism, whatever their political persuasion.
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