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The well-worn path

The well-worn path The decision of ACTU president Martin Ferguson to seek preselection for the safe Melbourne Labor seat of Batman is no surprise. A spate of departures from the trade union bureaucracy suggests that the same rats who gnawed

... and ain't i a woman?: Universities and discrimination

Universities and discrimination By Lisa Macdonald Statements made on June 29 by University of Sydney Chancellor Leonie Kramer have provoked justifiable anger among women academics and feminist groups around Australia. In an interview

Rally against Hindmarsh inquisition

Rally against Hindmarsh inquisition By Michael Unger ADELAIDE— Two thousand people gathered on the steps of Parliament House on July 7 to protest against a royal commission called by the State Liberal government in regard to Kumarangk

Splendid mismatch

Splendid's By Jean Genet Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Jorge Sotirios It was with great anticipation that I headed off to Belvoir Street to see a writer rarely produced in this country. Splendid's was written by the late great

Nuclear tests reopen old wound

A decade ago, on July 10, 1985, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace environmental protest flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour. Portuguese-born photographer Fernando Pereira died. New Zealand journalist DAVID ROBIE, now a University of

Action updates

Kangaroo 95 protest ADELAIDE — The Campaign for an Independent East Timor (SA) is organising a protest on July 29 against the Kangaroo 95 war games, which are about to take place in the Northern Territory. The action will highlight human

NSW teachers reject elitist education

SYDNEY – Teachers and the NSW government seem set on a collision course after the NSW Teachers Federation's 77th annual conference voted to place bans on the introduction of new programs until the beginning of the 1997 school year. Bob Carr's Labor government responded by insisting that it had a mandate to carry through its education reform agenda.

Government prepares to bail out Japan's shaky banks

By Eva Cheng Japanese banks are sinking in a sea of bad debts, threatening to drag the already ailing economy down with them. Japan is a key supplier of capital to many countries, including the US. A financial collapse there could have serious

A birthday coming up

The 200th issue of Green Left Weekly will appear on August 28. It will be a special birthday celebration issue. Since Green Left first rolled off the presses in February 1991, it's been acclaimed in Australia and around the world as one of the

War in Bosnia and the Australian left

Comment by Michael Karadjis The war in Bosnia seems to be causing widespread confusion on the left. To cite a few examples, a wildly inaccurate article in the June 7 issue of the Guardian claimed that the US and other Western powers

Burma 'still a prison'

Burma 'still a prison' By Jon Lamb No official announcement was made by SLORC that Aung San Suu Kyi's detention had ended, but word travelled fast around Rangoon, and her residence was quickly surrounded by supporters. Suu Kyi held meetings

Loose cannons

Virtue "The office has many virtues. Its chief virtue is that it was planned by the previous government." — NSW Labor Premier Bob Carr on his new $28 million office. Job description "You're not a copper till you can work pissed." — NSW