By John McGill
Employees of Australia Post (AP) have been bombarded with management deregulation propaganda since mid-1997. Information bulletins have been preparing staff for a management sell-out. All bulletins emphasise that privatisation is not
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When your world's in a dither
Hello. I am the New World Order representative assigned to attend to you. We are here to assist you in any way we can. How can we help?
Are you seeking the services of our (a) military or (b) finance division?
By Sue Bull
CANBERRA — Throughout the ACT election campaign, the local Liberals have been trying to distance themselves from the Howard government. They've promised not to sack any more ACT employees and to use the $5 million of unspent
'I can't turn away'
By Bill Mason
On February 11, Brisbane activists heard MUA Southern Queensland branch organiser Jeff Langdon speak at the Resistance Centre on the union's strategy in its dispute with the National Farmers Federation. The
By Francesca Davis
Discrimination, marginalisation and persecution of former citizens of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in unified Germany have reached alarming proportions, according to a declaration signed by representatives of all
The Wings of the DoveStarring Helena Bonham Carter and Linus RoacheDirected by Iain SoftlyBased on the novel by Henry JamesOpens February 19 Review by Becky Ellis
The Wings of the Dove is set in London in 1910 and follows the complicated story of
By Eva Cheng
In an affirmation of grassroots democracy, a majority of member unions of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) on February 9-10 voted down an agreement which their leadership had tentatively entered into with the bosses and
Blindness
Another one has bitten the dust
In the January 23 Weekly Mail and Guardian, well-known feminist novelist Fay Weldon (Praxis, Female Friends, The Life and Loves of a She Devil) explains why she thinks feminism has gone too far.
Men and women's liberation
The question of men's participation in the International Women's Day march was recently debated in the Melbourne IWD collective. We were disappointed with the majority of collective members' decision to ban men's
MELBOURNE — Workers First is the militant group of union organisers and shop stewards challenging for the leadership of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union in the April union elections. On February 4, close to 300
By Sam McQuillan
PORT KEATS, N.T. — There have been calls for an inquiry into the closure of a remote Aboriginal community health centre in the Northern Territory. The legality of this action by the Territory Health Department is being
According to figures released by the National Institute of Space Surveys on January 26, deforestation in the Amazonian region has increased alarmingly in recent years. Around 2,905,900 hectares of forest were cut down in 1994-95, double the annual
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