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Study reveals little progress for low paid

By Jonathan Singer In March, the Australian Council of Trade Unions presented its case for a third "living wage" increase to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC). The ACTU called for the award wages of workers earning from the

Everyone is not a winner: policing the Olympics

By Louise Boon-Kuo SYDNEY — The Olympic Games represent a boom for business, but what do they mean for us? The image of an unruly, crime-ridden population, or a dramatic terrorist stand-off, televised to the world, would jeopardise Sydney's

Thoughts of a twenty-something feminist

Talking Up: Young Women's Take On FeminismEdited by Rosamund Else-Mitchelland Naomi FlutterSpinifex Press1998, 239 pp. By Zanny Begg Talking up: Young Women's Take on Feminism is a collection of essays by young Australian feminists. It was produced

International news briefs

International news briefs Tiananmen protests 1976 and 1989 HONG KONG — About two dozen activists held a protest march on April 5 to commemorate the heroic demonstration by tens of thousands of Chinese in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 23 years ago

Where do national conflicts come from?

By Allen Myers Phrases like "ancient hatreds" and reminders that World War I was sparked by national conflicts in the Balkans have accompanied much of the establishment media coverage of recent events in Serbia and Kosova — just as they did the

Women's liberation or equality in a rotten system?

The Whole WomanBy Germaine GreerDoubleday, 1999330 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Kath Gelber "It's time to get angry again." So ends the introduction to Greer's latest book, The Whole Woman. It's a powerful book, a call to arms, a reminder that

On the box

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 Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News —

AIDS in Russia: conservatism may kill millions

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In cities and towns throughout Russia, repressive official policies have helped create a huge pool of narcotics users infected with the HIV virus. The infection is now poised to spread swiftly among young people who are

Maritime Union elections: warm welcome to rank-and-file candidates

By Dick Nichols When Ian Bray, the National MUA Rank and File candidate for assistant secretary , was due to speak at CTAL, P&O Ports' container terminal at Port Botany, he didn't know what to expect. "You never know what reception you're going

Kosova's long struggle for independence

By Doug Lorimer The current conflict between the Western powers and the Serbian state has its roots in the decision in 1913 by these powers to hand over nearly half of Albania (the present-day region of Kosova) to Serbian control. Once again the

McSux: taking on the corporate giant

McSux: taking on the corporate giant By Huw Lockwood and Kim Bullimore British activists Helen Steel and David Morris, who have been fighting the fast food giant McDonald's since they were sued for libel for producing the "What's wrong with

...Looking out: Good advice

...Looking out: Good advice By Brandon Astor Jones "Friendship is a ... commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves." — Oliver Goldsmith The Irish author's words above say a lot to us all, but to some,