By Alex Bainbridge
NEWCASTLE — BHP appears confident of little opposition to its plans to eliminate 2000 jobs from its steelworks here before 2002. This will leave only 1000 people employed by BHP in Newcastle, compared with approximately
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By Frank Gollan
SYDNEY — A restructure of one of Australia's largest unions threatens to gut democratic functioning and centralise control over the finances and staffing.
Voting on the proposed restructure of the PSU Group within the
Soul writing (8:01am)
By Brandon Astor Jones
It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time. — Francis J. Grimke (1850-1937)
People often ask, "What is a day on death row like?" Knowing that the
Non-joker
@lctext = "You ask people here, and they'll tell you I never tell jokes." — Brendan Nelson, Liberal candidate for the safe federal seat of Bradfield, after a dirty joke at a Liberal fundraising dinner fell flat.
Trotskyist view
By Roger Raven
Farmers were among the prime targets of the propaganda of economic rationalism. Many were persuaded of the view that tariffs imposed onerous burdens on the agricultural sector, and that the adoption of economic rationalism (and
Guess what? They didn't mean it!
By Kath Gelber
@column = Even Labor Party women are starting to criticise their party for not taking seriously the goal of filling 35% of winnable seats with women candidates by the year 2000. The ALP
By Jennifer Thompson
"There were real massacres. We knew that this could happen. The Serbs have done this many times. That which is going on is genocide." These words, by Dutch economic development minister Pronk, were reported by Frankfurther
Cuba holds municipal elections
According to official figures, 97.1% of Cubans turned out on July 9 to elect delegates to 169 municipal assemblies.
According to the official statistics, 7,568,548 Cubans cast ballots out of a total 7,795,623
@9point = Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm.
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NAIDOC march
@9point = ADELAIDE — More than 1000 Aboriginal people and supporters rallied for the annual National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Celebration (NAIDOC) here on July 14. Despite torrential rain, a spirited crowd marched through
The music of wandering
Latcho Drom: a journey into the soul of Gypsy culture
Available through Larrikin records
Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes
Latcho Drom is the soundtrack of the film of the same name currently screening around
The following statement marking Cuba's national day was issued by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance.
Revolutionary congratulations and international solidarity are due to the Cuban people and government on July 26, their national
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