By Justin Randell
MELBOURNE "Fight the system" was the theme of the 26th national conference of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, held here July 4-6. Two hundred and eighty delegates and observers attended the conference, many for the
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Australia ordered to release Adams documents
Immigration minister Philip Ruddock must release documents used to refuse Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams' entry to Australia, a court ruled on July 1. Federal Court Judge Doug Drummond ruled that
Street social securityStreet social security
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Government[s] can find money for anything they choose — buckets of money being thrown at the Olympics, $41 million plucked out of the sky to do landscaping around
By Alex Bainbridge
HUNTER VALLEY — On July 4 and 7, coal trains were turned away empty at the Hunter Valley No. 1 coal mine by striking miners and their supporters. On July 8, FreightCorp — the train operator — refused to send another
School cleaners strike for jobs
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Most of Tasmania's 300 government schools were closed for a week after cleaning and maintenance staff went on strike on July 7. The dispute started when the government announced that
Cuba at the crossroadsBy Fidel CastroOcean Press, 1996. 179 pp., $21.95 Review by Roberto Jorquera
Cuba at the crossroads is a collection of speeches by Fidel Castro between November 1994 and April 1996. They open up the entire history of the
Anti-nuke protests
By Jennifer Thompson
Aboriginal traditional owners protested at the gates of the Orebody No. 3 of Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu in the NT on July 8. On the same day, the first anniversary of the International Court of
Downsizing
"In the era of downsizing, we are getting rid of subordinates and not management." — Professor Phyllis Tharenou of Monash University, author of a study on white collar workers in the private and public sectors.
Endorsement
By Sharon Pereira
Rumours have been circulating for several months of a split in the Manila-Rizal Regional Party Committee (MRRPC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines. The split between the underground and legal leaderships of the party
Ratbags in the ranks: Hanson, the Coalition and the far right
The rise of the virulently racist and xenophobic Pauline Hanson has provided Australia's small and divided — sometimes warring — far-right organisations the opportunity to
NUS National Education Conference
By Ray Fulcher
BRISBANE — More than 100 people attended the NUS National Education Conference here July 5-6. The conference was organised around seminars featuring talks on aspects of the attack on higher
By Gina Neff
"If we can come up with a system which allows everybody access to credit while ensuring excellent repayment — I can give you a guarantee that poverty will not last long", proclaims Mohammed Yunis, guru to market partisans seeking
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