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SOUTH AFRICA: Low poll turn out reflects dissatisfaction

BY NORM DIXON The low level of participation by voters in the December 5 South African municipal elections reflects a growing dissatisfaction among workers and poor at the African National Congress (ANC) government's repeated failure to keep its

and ain't i a woman?: Marriage in 21st century

Is marriage doomed in the 21st century? asks Jane Smiley in "Money marriage & monogamy", in the January 6 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald's lifestyle magazine, Good Weekend. Unlike anti-feminist Bettina Arndt's ravings which regularly grace the

Yallourn dispute: run scared or stand up and fight?

BY SIMON MILLAR & CHRIS SLEE With their enterprise agreement due to expire in September 1999, the Yallourn Energy workforce of 580 began enterprise bargaining negotiations with Yallourn Energy in May 1999. Yallourn Energy, which generates

Workers' heritage at risk

BY PETER ELLETT & ANDREW HALL CANBERRA — In a move that has shocked historians, academics and researchers across Australia, the Australian National University (ANU) has slashed funding to the country's largest archive of business and labour

INDONESIA: Urban poor youth organise as poverty soars

BY KERRYN WILLIAMS "We see the potential energy among urban poor youth, whose power has been shown many times in Indonesian history. They are brave, energetic and not afraid of new ideas and changes. We are trying to build their trust in the idea

ACEH: 'The fervour of resistance continues'

BY PIP HINMAN  Acehnese activist Kautsar has been struggling for his people's right to self-determination for some years. In 1998, he helped to form Student Solidarity with the People (SMUR), the main Acehenese student-led popular

WA nurses take action

BY JACQUI LEE PERTH — The lack of funding and resources has led to a crisis in Western Australia's hospital system. In the face of low pay and an ever-increasing workload, many nurses are leaving for better paid jobs. Nurses are to take action

Church cuts disability workers' wages

BY KAREN FLETCHER BRISBANE — A social services wing of the Uniting Church has cut the wages and conditions of its disability support workers by moving them from their current award to a lower-paid state award. The rates of pay in the state

WA socialists oppose 'corporate control'

BY GRANT COLEMAN PERTH — The Western Australian Liberal government has called a snap state election for February 10. The Democratic Socialists will be running Anthony Benbow in the seat of Fremantle and Roberto Jorquera in seat of Perth. The

Write on: Letters to the editor

Rise Like Lions Although I was prepared to accept criticism of Rise Like Lions in a review published in GLW, I feel a response to the thoughts of Jonathon Strauss is justified. I was somewhat offended at being associated with nationalism and

DSP congress: globalising resistance to capitalism

BY SUE BOLAND  It is just a little over 12 months since the protests against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle awoke the world to the gathering strength of a new anti-corporate movement against neo-liberal

Audacity secret to M1's success

BY PETER BOYLE Activists in every capital city in Australia have begun organising around calls for a worker-student strike and blockade of the stock exchanges on May 1. The M1 coalitions have brought together veterans of the S11 blockade