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Hiccup for government's VSU plans

The Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee has received legal advice from Minter Ellison that the government's voluntary student unionism (VSU) legislation may be unconstitutional. This is denied by education minister David Kemp, who claims that he

Lolita denies the reality of abuse

Lolita denies the reality of abuse By Zanny Begg Adrian Lyne's 1997 adaption of Vladimir Nabokov's novel has been dogged by controversy. It took a year to clear US censors and it was nearly banned by Australian authorities. Much of the hype

Protest against Sydney nuclear reactor

Protest against Sydney nuclear reactor By Molly Wishart SYDNEY — Six hundred people attended a rally on April 11 to protest against a new nuclear reactor proposed for Lucas Heights in southern Sydney. The rally was held outside the front gates

Arrests at Jabiluka Westpac protests

Arrests at Jabiluka Westpac protests By Jim Green Protests outside three Westpac branches in Cairns, two in Brisbane and one each in Sydney, Surfers Paradise, Noosa and Canberra on April 13 continued the campaign to highlight the role of the

Pakistan's left unity conference breaks new ground

Pakistan's left unity conference breaks new ground By Eva Cheng LAHORE — The left in Pakistan took an important step towards unity on March 23 with a ground-breaking Left Unity Workers' Conference here in which more than 230 movement leaders

Liberal and Labor cover-up: terror in Timor

Liberal and Labor cover-up: terror in Timor By Rohan Pearce and Nikki Ulasowski As Indonesian-sponsored militias create chaos throughout East Timor and the Indonesian government threatens to send East Timorese Resistance leader Xanana Gusmao back

Telstra: making life harder

Telstra: making life harder By Leo Wellin Cutting a birthday cake on the day you announce your resignation after being denied a redundancy is giving life a cruel twist. Such is the experience of Bill Bogan, a Telstra employee for more than 37

Marxism or nationalism?

Marxism or nationalism? Fatherland or Mother Earth? Essays on the National QuestionBy Michael LöwyPluto Press, 1998108 pp., $29.95 (pb) Review by Doug Lorimer Michael Löwy, director of Research in Sociology at the National Centre for

The wrong weapons to defeat imperialism

Comment by Allen Myers The US/NATO military assault on Serbia represents a significant escalation of the attempt by the US and its allies to establish their role as "cops of the world". The war is intended, not only to strengthen the imperialists'

Rank and file strengthen CPSU ACT campaign

Rank and file strengthen CPSU ACT campaign By Stuart Martin CANBERRA — Nationally, the failure of the ALP-dominated leadership of the Community and Public Sector Union to defend the 5000 Centrelink jobs threatened by the Liberals shows it

Police reality check

Police reality check By Stuart Munckton If you are sick of the endless police dramas that fill our screens, whose primary function is to convince the working class that the police are good guys, then Irvine Welsh's novel Filth, published last

Timorese demonstrate against Liquica massacre

Timorese demonstrate against Liquica massacre By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — On the steps of the Victorian Parliament House on April 10, around 120 people demonstrated against the massacre in Liquica, East Timor. The protest was organised by