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Union refuses to help disabled DSS worker

By Ray Fulcher The Western Australian branch of the Public Sector Union is refusing to help a union member, who resigned after 12 years with the Department of Social Security. Colin Harrison cited the mishandling of a privacy investigation and

Soweto Day celebrations 'disappointing'

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Leaders of South Africa's youth movements have expressed disappointment at the new government's attitude towards the June 16 Soweto Day celebrations. Seemingly succumbing to big business pressure, the government

Festival of the oppressed

V.I. Lenin once described revolution as a festival of the oppressed. Over the weekend of June 17-19 in Brisbane, the oppressed staged their own folk festival to celebrate the winter solstice. Festival participants responded enthusiastically to a

Student unions and the left

By Adam Bandt [This is an abridged version of a paper to be presented at the Campus Activist Forum in Sydney on July 18.] Liberal governments in Western Australia and Victoria are implementing legislation that will devastate university

Issues facing the US left

TIM MARSHALL, an activist in the United States socialist organisation Solidarity, will be attending the Resistance National Conference at Sydney University July 8-10 and the Campus Activist Forum on July 16. ROBERTO JORQUERA, a Resistance national

Once bitten, twice shy

Reality Bites Directed by Ben Stiller Written by Helen Childress Featuring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller Reviewed by Peter Meredith Long time friends Lelaina and Troy (Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke) graduate from college and

Write on

Speciesism I would like to respond to an article "Becoming Human" by Dave Riley in GLW #147. The aspect that concerns me here is Riley's attempt to justify his own speciesist attitudes. Speciesism is the idea that humans are inherently superior

Action updates

ADELAIDE — The Democratic Socialist Party has called for a Hiroshima Day Committee to organise an action for August 6. DSP secretary Chris Spindler told Green Left, "With the recent escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula and US war talk

Radio highlights

New Music Australia — The 1994 Composing Women's Festival — A direct broadcast from the event will look at the concerts and play some of the music. Since the first festival in 1992, there has been a ground swell of activity by Australian

On the box

El Fatra: Man in Front of the Sand — A documentary on the deserts of Africa, which are spreading at an alarming rate, forcing nomads closer to the sea. This brings them into conflict with the local fishing people. SBS, 5am, Sunday, July 3. The

Broadcasting the revolution in South Africa

By Sue McCauley I recently had the opportunity to go to South Africa to teach a community radio station management course at the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) in Johannesburg. The institute is run by Alister Sparks, a

News briefs

ADELAIDE — The latest figures from the Public Sector Union national election indicate that the PSU National Challenge group will pick up about 30% of the local vote. This is a resounding success given its resource and financial limitations.