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By Peter Annear and Sally Low PRAGUE — "I have been a fighter against communism for 40 years", Norman Willis, the general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, told a press conference here on October 18. Willis was with an
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — Senior SBS television reporter Vladimir Lusic spent seven weeks in Croatia and Serbia until early October. He drank with journalists at Zagreb's Hotel Intercontinental, went out into the battle zones with units of the
Historic and relevant Power in the Union Featuring Peter Hicks Supported by Taliesin, Doug Jenner and Judy Pinner $15.95 Reviewed by Kim Spurway Well I'm a union man I'm proud of what I am An' I don't get fooled By the bosses rules, Or
Equal before the law? Immediately after the jury failed to reach a verdict in the Joh Bjelke-Petersen perjury trial, the pressure went on for no further action against the former premier of Queensland. There is now a powerful campaign to ensure
By Nick Fredman Australia's university, TAFE and secondary education sectors are underfunded, and the response of both ALP and Liberal governments is a push towards privatisation and "user pays". TAFE has been radically overhauled by state
Women reclaim the night By Pip Hinman In marches of around 2000 in both Melbourne and Sydney, women reclaimed the night on October 25. Mothers and their young daughters, high school students, older and migrant women participated in one of the
Keating It would be a disaster for Australia, and for the labour movement, if Paul Keating gained the support of the left wing and succeeded in taking the Labor leadership. As Australia's greatest Treasurer, he left behind Australia's greatest
People of Miles reject toxic dump By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Murilla Shire Council and the people of Miles would have nothing to do with the Gurulmundi toxic waste dump, People Against Toxic and Chemical Hazards spokesperson David Hinds