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Clyde Cameron: Not your average ex-MP

Not your average ex-MP A Life on the Left: A Biography of Clyde CameronBy Bill GuyWakefield Press, 1999. 405pp. Review by Anthony Benbow Sickened by stories about former Labor PM Paul Keating's business empire, or by listening to federal Labor's

The jobs boom lie

The jobs boom lie By Jonathan Singer The Coalition government puts the blinkers on when it looks at unemployment. It hides how big the problem is and is just hoping for further economic growth to make it go away. On January 25, the treasurer,

Students meet with Indonesian activists

By Kerryn Williams Ten members of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) returned on February 14 from an action-packed, two-week student exposure tour of Indonesia. During the tour, the students met with activist and human

Looking Out: 'I did'

Looking Out: 'I did' By Brandon Astor Jones "The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved." — Publilius Syrus In 1979, while on trial for my very life, the "Honourable" Judge Luther Hames took frequent naps as the prosecution presented

Opposition grows to CPSU centralisation

Opposition grows to CPSU centralisation By Stuart Martin CANBERRA — Opposition is growing inside the Community and Public Sector Union to attempts by the union's leaders to centralise control over membership services, publications and finances

Yallourn dispute not over yet

By Chris Slee YALLOURN — Unions are maintaining a protest camp outside the Yallourn power station in Victoria's La Trobe Valley, despite the February 9 ending of the month-long lockout of maintenance workers. The issues in dispute have not been

All becomes clear

Review by Mark Stoyich A Streetcar Named DesireEnsemble Theatre CompanyThe Playhouse, Sydney Opera HouseUntil March 4 Once again, Tennessee Williams' clanking streetcar goes up and down the French quarter through one old street after another.

EU hypocrisy on Austria

By Wolfgang Pomrehn KIEL, Germany — Anti-fascist protests hit many European cities on February 12 and 13. Protesters opposed the new Austrian government, formed by the conservative OeVP (Austrian People's Party) and the FPOe (Freedom Party of

Support the Mexican students

Ten months ago, the students of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) voted to go on indefinite strike to protest against university president Francisco Barnes de Castro's plans to charge students tuition fees for the first time (even

Tube workers to contest London elections

Tube workers to contest London elections Tube workers to contest London election By Iggy Kim LONDON — On February 10, the Campaign Against Tube Privatisation (CATP) officially launched its slate of 11 candidates for the Greater London

Gender roles — only two?

By Mary Merkenich Are there really only two genders — female and male? Fred Nile and other fanatical conservative groupings would certainly like us to believe so. This is not merely an academic question, but an important social concern. Many

Networker: Becoming very rich

Networker: Becoming very rich Speculation is mounting in financial circles: which company will be the first to reach a market capitalisation of US$1 trillion? This will be an historic event. Market capitalisation (that is, the total stock market