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WA compensation campaign

WA compensation campaign By Stephen Robson PERTH — Unions here have endorsed a proposal to organise protests culminating in a rally on August 19 in response to state government changes to workers compensation. TLC assistant

Sinn Fein still barred from talks

Sinn Fein still barred from talks By Catherine Brown Since the Irish elections at the end of 1992 there has been growing concern in the nationalist community in the north of Ireland that the incoming coalition of the Labour Party and

Militant Labour launched on independent path

By Frank Noakes LONDON — Suddenly the lights went out, the crowd stirred. The music, from Jaws, drummed menacingly as smoke filled the platform. A thin beam of light shot out, then another stabbed the darkness. The tension built as the

Women inspired by NOWSA conference

By Freya Pinney and Joy McEntee BRISBANE — Organisers of this year's Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference in Brisbane expected 250 women, but 500 arrived — double the number who attended NOWSA '92 in Adelaide. Many

Official: Britain is 22nd rate

Official: Britain is 22nd rate By Frank Noakes LONDON — Thatcherism, the rule of the market and large scale privatisation have had one major triumph — the rich have gotten richer. Judged by any other standard, Tory ideology has

Old and new, both good

Old and new, both good Second Wind The Best of the '80s Judy Small Larrikin Records Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg Judy Small's latest album, produced as she turns 40, reflects a shift in focus for her musical style. In 1992,

Bombing cover-up charged

Bombing cover-up charged By Frank Noakes LONDON — A program aired on British television on July 7 claims that suspects in the bombing of Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 were never interviewed despite being known to the police. The two

Isuzu workers in fight for fair deal

By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — Members of the AMEU at the Isuzu plant in Dandenong have gone out in protest at the company's refusal to negotiate adequate redundancy packages. Upon news of the plant's closure and Isuzu's shoddy proposals for

... and ain't i a woman?: Women, courts and media

Women, courts and media In June the British Court of Appeal quashed the life sentences for murder of two sisters. In July 1992 Michelle Taylor, 22, and her younger sister, Lisa, were convicted of murdering Michelle's former lover's wife,

Dutch youth lead fight against cutbacks

Young people in the Netherlands have been at the forefront of resistance to the government's austerity program. In Amsterdam two leaders of the Dutch radical youth group Rebel, Barend de Voogd and Wilco Altena, talked with Green Left Weekly's

Worker dried in sun

Worker dried in sun Three hundred workers in a garment factory in Jakarta protested recently after the factory management forced a worker to stand several hours in midday sun as punishment. The worker, Muhana, a woman in her 20s, had

The dancer who survived

The dancer who survived The Tenth Dancer A film by Sally Ingleton Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Most of us are aware of the recent history of Cambodia, and the appalling devastation wreaked on that country by the Pol Pot regime. One