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Before the May 30 national strike by members of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union, Canberra Resistance member NICK SOUDAKOFF spoke to the union's Australian National University branch industrial organiser, NICK SELLARS, about the
One in 10: Women Living with Breast CancerBy Diana WardAllen & Unwin, 1996. 274 pp., $16.95Reviewed by Linda Kaucher One in 10 women will develop breast cancer at some stage, hence the title of Di Ward's book. I met Di Ward at the anarchist
Defence of democracy "In extreme situations some rules have to be broken." — Georgy Kuznetsov, dean of the television and radio department of Moscow State University's journalism faculty, justifying media distortion and if necessary
By Paul Oboohov CANBERRA — Most workplaces in most federal departments have placed bans on the handling of government business and the administration of cuts, bans on doing the work of vacant positions, processing government revenue and the
A Woman's PlaceBy Edwina CurrieHodder and Stoughton, 1996. 454 pp.$39.95 (hb) (also available in paperback)Reviewed by Tony Smith In this sequel to the steamy A Parliamentary Affair, Elaine Stalker MP climbs the greasy pole of the English ministry.
By Pip Hinman Not since Mabo has there been such a campaign against native title. Recently, the West Australian devoted four pages to a supposed native title claim on an elderly couple's home in Boulder. According to Jesuit priest and lawyer
ADELAIDE — Some 70 people attended the first Jason Porter memorial oration here on May 18. Jason Porter, an activist in Resistance, Community Aid Abroad and Campaign for an Independent East Timor, was killed while travelling through Indonesia in
If greed is so good, why can't I afford some? I was studying the Business Review Weekly this week to see if I got a mention: Ramray, Rathbone, Reid, Richter, Roberts, Roche, Roth, Rydge — but no Riley in the journal's list of Australia's 200
By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — Around 150 angry workers, indigenous people and environmentalists delayed CRA's annual general meeting at the Victorian Arts Centre for over an hour on May 22. Representatives from the CFMEU's mining and construction
If this is your first home-delivered copy of Green Left Weekly, then you are one of the many progressive Green Left readers who have decided to subscribe to the best alternative newspaper in Australia. Our May-June subscription campaign has already
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 4pm-7pm. Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,
Visit by Turkish feminist MELBOURNE — Around 30 women attended a meeting on May 7 with Turkish feminist and Freedom and Solidarity Party member Professor Sahika Yuksel from Istanbul University. The meeting was organised by the Immigrant