By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In the first half of June, peasants in numerous regions of the Russian Federation were threatening strike action against the consequences of the Yeltsin government's "reforms". Meetings of agricultural workers in
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the employment pages em = By Nicole Matthews fleet of paper boats fleet waves sweep sweep up those boats wave, wave wave to the leaving boats weep to the waves wild oat boats ave to wet boats sweeping up wet leaves that wet weekend
Bombed out Love and Bombshells Presented by Impact TheatreWritten and directed by Bernie Sheehan Showing for a two week season at Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Kath Tucker Love and Bombshells could have been an important contribution
National incest survivors conference By Rose McCann SYDNEY — The first Women's National Incest Survivors Confest will be held on July 10-12 at the University of NSW. It is organised by women who consider themselves part of the grassroots
Indonesian report banned The Indonesian government has banned a report by a leading human rights group on the trial of rebels in the northern Sumatran province of Aceh. The report by the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) was banned on June 16
New courses from Women's Academy SYDNEY — Second semester at the feminist "university" gets under way in July. The Women's Academy is offering a range of courses for the second half of the year, on subjects ranging from recent developments in
Children's exhibition launched By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Residents here have been the first to view a national exhibition of drawings by refugee children from Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and the Nagyatad refugee camp in Hungary. The 250
Stephen Rix The retreat from public ownership The sale of a merged Qantas/Australian Airlines marks the latest development in the sorry saga of federal ALP retreat from ALP policy on public ownership. Such retreat is indicative of the ALP's
Tas log hauliers fight APPM By Sam Wainright and Natasha Simons HOBART — Three log trucks are parked outside state parliament in a protest by log hauliers in the wake of the Burnie paper mill dispute. Log truck drivers and owners from
The following article really appeared in the June 16 issue of the Sun, a "newspaper" sold in supermarkets in the United States. Aside from the humour it unintentionally provides, it is an interesting commentary on the "free" media of the US.
SYDNEY — The Waterside Workers' Federation is about to celebrate its 120th anniversary with "Artists and Rebels on the Waterfront", an exhibition of drawings, oil paintings, etchings, linocuts and watercolours from 1939 to 1992. The display
By Jonathan Strauss PERTH — A two-week strike by 2200 Pilbara mineworkers is likely to spread to other workplaces of Hamersley Iron parent company CRA. The strike, against the employment of a non-unionist at the Tom Price mine, has cost the
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