Racism and the Melbourne Cup
By Jorge Andres
Australian history likes to recall its underdogs and battlers. Everyone seems to recall the game that Collingwood won against all odds, the horse that came from nowhere and the painter on the Harbour
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By Melanie Sjoberg
The Liberal-Democrat deal on the amendments to the Workplace Relations Bill will very seriously undermine the ability of working people to organise effectively in defence of their interests. This is what the government
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — Members of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union at the University of Melbourne have resolved to resist management's attacks. Emerging out of negotiations with the university on October 25, the NTEU Single
By Natasha Simons
SYDNEY — Some 700 students and staff from the St George campus of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), plus members of the local community, attended a spirited rally at Oatley on November 7. Dotted with placards proclaiming
Radio MaliAli Farka ToureWorld Circuit through FestivalReviewed by Norm Dixon When Ali Farka Toure's sublime music first became widely available outside his west African homeland of Mali, in the late 1980s, it created quite a stir among blues freaks.
After organising a very successful rally of 5000 people on November 2, the Brisbane Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC) has called for a national day of action against racism on November 23. Roberto Jorquera told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly that the call came from
Pathways to AsiaEdited by Richard RobisonAllen and Unwin, 1996, $24.95Reviewed by James Goodman Beginning in the mid-1980s, "looking north to Asia" emerged as the official Australian answer to intensified globalisation. Australian living standards
By Marg Gleeson
SYDNEY — Activists from around Australia met here on November 3 for the annual national consultation of the Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC). The consultation was preceded by a public seminar
By Norm Dixon
The South African parliament has overwhelmingly passed a new law that entrenches the right of women to free, safe abortion. The Termination of Pregnancy Bill has been hailed as one of the best reproductive rights laws in the world.
There was little surprise in the announcement on October 29 that the Affirmative Action Agency's already limited ability to tackle discrimination in employment and education was to be weakened even further.
The agency, which implements the 1986
By Kim Linden
MELBOURNE — Workers in the La Trobe Valley took united strike action on November 7 against the state government's decimation of health services. Power station workers, bus drivers, teachers and health staff at both the Moe and
By Max Lane
On November 9, the second Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET II) opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in defiance of calls by the Malaysian government not to proceed. On November 7, the government took its first action to prevent
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