Talking union ADELAIDE — Mitsubishi workers at two plants walked off the job here last week. About 1000 stopped work at the Lonsdale iron foundry in response to management attempts to cut penalty rates and change work patterns. About 200 trim
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By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Was this to be the next Chernobyl — only 100 kilometres from Russia's second largest city? Early in the morning of March 24, a steam pipe ruptured in the third reactor block of the Sosnovy Bor nuclear power plant
By Jack A. Smith The enemy that constituted the focus of all US military, spying, propaganda and diplomatic for nearly half a century has performed the geopolitical equivalent of drinking hemlock. "By the grace of God", as President George Bush
Single-sex classes By Rose McCann The NSW Department of Education's recent announcement that it will increase the number of single-sex maths and science classes for female students in public schools raises several issues. Certainly there
WorkSafe expertise There's a new chairperson at WorkSafe Australia (the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission). He is business executive Richard Warburton. A recent issue of the commission's weekly staff bulletin provided a
Politics and the Accord By Peter Ewer, Ian Hampson, Chris Lloyd, John Rainford, Stephen Rix and Meg Smith Pluto Press, 190 pp. $16.95 Reviewed by Steve Painter Finally, out of the trade union left comes an honest attempt at a critique of the
Thiess loses bribery appeal By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Prominent developer Sir Leslie Thiess could face a legal bill of more than $2 million after the Full Court upheld a jury's findings that he bribed former Queensland Premier Sir Joh
A review of Brian Boyd's book, Inside the BLF, by John Tognolini and a reply by Boyd appeared in our January 29 and March 18 issues. DAVE KERIN, a BLF activist mentioned by both writers, comments on the debate. Brian Boyd refers to John
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — A more repressive mood, encouraged by sections of the media seeking to promote a moral backlash, is developing in Australia today, journalist and communications lecturer Wendy Bacon told a public meeting here on
ANC youth leader framed By Norm Dixon Rapu Molekane, secretary general of the African National Congress Youth League, has been arrested for alleged possession of arms. The ANCYL says Molekane has been framed by police and demanded his
Thumbs down on Columbus October 12 in the United States is officially Columbus Day. But in Berkeley, California, it will be marked as Indigenous Peoples Day. The Berkeley City Council has also designated 1992 — the 500th anniversary of
MFP in trouble By Liam Mitchell ADELAIDE — The multi-function polis (MFP) project is in deep trouble following criticisms of the Bannon government's environmental impact statement and brawling between the state government and opposition
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