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Loose cannons

Medieval "A big company is like a medieval court because the person in charge has unquestioned power." — Paul Birch, employed as a "corporate jester" to lighten the mood at British Airways. Trendy "There is no reason why women should

Poem: A Bunch of Leaves

A Bunch of Leaves Around my door, the oak leavesAre tarnished bronze scalesFrom Etruscan armour, I can count them,And in my arc of view,Platoons of them wait the wind; Looking at each of theseI think of all the East TimoreseAnd name each

Queensland government slips deeper into turmoil

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Queensland Coalition government is sinking, with a motion of no confidence in Liberal attorney-general Denver Beanland rocking state parliament, and revelations of an alleged police and judicial cover-up of

Campaign against Jabiluka uranium mine continues

By Sarah Wilson Over recent months, Aboriginal and environment groups have united to campaign against the proposed uranium mine at Jabiluka in Kakadu. They argue that the mine is irreconcilable with both the wishes of the traditional owners and

Freedom for Burma: Activists speak

MYINT THU and YE WIN are both in the 30-member central committee of the All Burma Student Democratic Front, formed after the students led a million-strong uprising nine years ago. Like other democratic activists, ABSDF members had to flee the

Mr women's officer

At the Network of Women Students Australia conference in July, GEMMA PINNEL, the National Union of Students' national women's officer, and SARAH LANTZ, research officer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, spoke about the role of women's

Campaign Against Racism launched

Campaign Against Racism launched By Angela Walker ADELAIDE — Anti-racist activists here launched a new committee on August 13 to fight racism and challenge One Nation's and the Liberal government's racist policies. Campaign Against Racism

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne

The story of the Hibakusha

GREG OGLE reports on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki peace conferences and rallies in Japan which he attended earlier this month as a representative of the Australian Peace Committee. Justice will only be done for the Hibakusha — the survivors of the US

Women and the struggle for education

By Sarah Stephen One hundred years ago, women who wanted to educate themselves were sneered at and called "blue stockings". This label accused them of masquerading as men — at the time, male intellectuals were depicted as wearing blue

Government moves to censor erotica

By Kath Gelber As machinations continue over the development of guidelines for the new Non-Violent Erotica (NVE) category for film and video, public access to a range of erotic films and videos looks set to be drastically reduced. Following its

Council votes against banning Hanson

By Sylvia Hale SYDNEY — Marrickville Council at its August meeting unanimously declined to ban Pauline Hanson's One Nation party from using council facilities. Ashfield Council had, only weeks before, voted unanimously to support such a ban.