By Melanie Sjoberg
I have a longstanding argument with one of my brothers about the incidence of workplace injury. He counters my emphasis on the outrageous statistics of workplace deaths with the notion that if it was really as bad as I claim,
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This week in history
November 24, 1787: Birth of Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in New York. Born into a slave family, she was sold to a variety of "owners" during her childhood. She was freed in 1828 under the New
Two Nations: The Causes and Effects of the Rise of the One Nation Party in AustraliaBookman, 1998. $14.95 Review by Suriyakumaran and Michael Cooke
For most of the year we have been saturated with news of the rise and rise of One Nation. Our
By Joanne Wilson
Anyone who is on unemployment benefits at the moment, and particularly any young person, would know that just to stay on Newstart is fast becoming a full-time job. (Which is just as well, really, because there aren't any others out
Dee Margetts on Howard's second term
In the last federal election, the Greens' WA senator, DEE MARGETTS, lost the final Senate spot in WA to the Australian Democrats. For the first time in over a decade, WA will not have a Green in the Senate.
Eric Wicker defended
WOLLONGONG — Supporters of Eric Wicker, the Port Kembla unionist charged with extortion, gathered outside the Wollongong courthouse on November 9 to support Wicker in his struggle for justice.
The case was postponed
Jam packed with funny poems
0 Funny Little PoemsBy Denis KevansLorikeet Publications, 199863 Valley Rd, Wentworth Falls 2782Phone (02) 4757 3119 Review by Alex Bainbridge
This book is exactly what it claims to be — jam packed with funny little
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. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News —
By Jon Land
East Timor remains tense following November 12, the seventh anniversary of the Dili massacre, in which more than 270 East Timorese were killed by Indonesian soldiers at Santa Cruz cemetery. The anniversary was marked by gatherings of
Why I joined Resistance
By Branny Schembri
Unlike a lot of people who think they can't make a difference, I knew with a little effort I could. Before joining Resistance, I was incredibly lethargic and did nothing. I wouldn't even go to school. My
Special appeal
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) has received an urgent appeal for money to buy medicines, vitamins and other needs for the students under attack in Jakarta.
Money can be sent:
by international
Dita Sari: 'I am so optimistic'
By Jill Hickson
Dita Sari, Indonesia's only woman political prisoner, was arrested while leading a 20,000-strong workers' demonstration in the industrial city of Surabaya on July 8, 1996. She was tried in 1997 for
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