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Common youth allowance: an attack on young people

By Marina Cameron The government announced on June 18 that from July next year, a new common youth allowance will replace unemployment benefits for young people aged 18-20, Austudy and youth training, sickness and family allowances. The

Union renewal at Weipa

James Vassilopoulos "If you do not fight for anything, you lose the whole lot" was the key lesson for Nigel Gould, secretary-treasurer of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union at Weipa, after leading the fight against the

Why Pauline Hanson hates Resistance

By Sarah Peart "Dangerous hoons" was how One Nation executive director David Ettridge described the socialist youth organisation Resistance in the week before a 2000-strong demonstration outside One Nation's offices in Manly. "Let's wait until

Adams ban challenged

Adams ban challenged By Dave Riley BRISBANE — Despite the growing support for Sinn Féin in northern Ireland, as registered in recent British elections, Sinn Féin leader and recently elected MP Gerry Adams is not allowed into

Protesters destroy government office in East Java

Protesters destroy government office in East Java On Friday, June 13, thousands of people supporting the PPP [United Development Party] in Jember, East Java, held a protest action over the elections. This action eventually developed into mass

Write on: Letters to the editor

Anti-racism and trade unions As one of the speakers at the protest rally outside Hanson's One Nation meeting in Adelaide on June 12, I took up the theme of trade unions campaigning against racism. I referred to the past history of activism in

Government gags EDOs

Government gags EDOs By Carl Gosper In a major attack on the enforcement of environmental law, the Howard government has told Environmental Defender's Offices (EDOs) that they can no longer take legal action against state or federal

Saving Giblett forest — again

Saving Giblett forest — again By Angela Luvera and Anthony Benbow PERTH — Giblett forest, one of the areas saved from logging by WA's 1994 forest blockade, has been under threat again since earlier this year, when the WA government's

Happy new (financial) year

While our great parliamentary leader visits the cricket at Lords and enjoys tea and scones with the queen, those at 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ are hard at work, going about producing a quality independent weekly newspaper. But it takes more than hard work and

New movement seeks to revive Pakistani left

By Farooq Sulehria LAHORE — Jeddojuhd Inqilabi Tehrik (Struggle Revolutionary Movement) was formed in 1994 in Lahore by trade union and Marxist activists around the monthly magazine Mazdoor Jeddojuhd (Workers Struggle) as a movement to

Where do 'Leading Schools' lead?

By Dave Riley BRISBANE — State education in Queensland has traditionally been one of the lowest funded in Australia. With the election of the Goss Labor government in 1989, some of this disparity was addressed. But Labor veered away from its

and ain't i a woman?: Self-esteem and market share

Self-esteem and market shareSelf-esteem and market share The Body Shop has recently launched a very trendy, very clever advertising campaign. It's all about "self-esteem", defined in the slick campaign booklet as "self-authority, dignity,