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Mass rallies against IR bill

By Kamala Emanuel and Kim Linden On July 31, hundreds of thousands of workers in Victoria and Newcastle took industrial action to protest against the Howard government's proposed industrial relations legislation. In Newcastle, 2000 unionists and

Appeal from Korean workers

Appeal from Korean workers By Eva Cheng The management of the Japanese-owned Korean Sanbon Company in the Masan exporting processing zone has twice used goons to bash unionised — primarily women — workers. The attacks have injured nine, some

Neil Murray's third album

DustNeil MurrayABC MusicReviewed by Iggy Kim Neil Murray is not the most prolific recording artist. On top of the gruelling doorknock for willing recording companies, I suspect he's also someone who likes to put himself entirely into a new offering,

Austudy post-budget: lean and mean

By Daniel Kelly Students and parents are worried that the federal budget will slash and further restrict student living allowances in 1997. The worst case scenario is the complete replacement of Austudy with a loans scheme similar to the Austudy

Korean workers in wages campaign

By Eva Cheng Since his re-election in April, South Korean President Kim Young-sam has been attempting to moderate the country's highly repressive labour laws in order to gain entry to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development.

An insider's account of the South African far left

Revolutions in my LifeBy Baruch HirsonJohannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1995. 392 pp., approx. $25 + postage (fax 27 11 484 5971 for exact price)Reviewed by Norm Dixon. Baruch Hirson is best known outside South Africa for his influential

and ain't i a woman?: Women winning due recognition

and ain't i a woman?: Women winning due recognition It's the olympics and we're seeing pictures unfamiliar to Australian television and newspapers. In the rush of nationalist blood to the Australian media's collective head, champion Australian

No cuts, No fees, Hands off Austudy!

By Nikki Ulasowski "No cuts, No fees, Hands off Austudy!" will be one of the main catchcries of nationwide demonstrations by students, academic and general staff on August 7. The demonstrations involve stop-work meetings, pickets, rallies and

Little-known chapter of Aboriginal history

e Coolbaroo Club Directed by Roger ScholesWritten by Steve Kinnane, Lauren Marsh, Roger ScholesValhalla, Glebe, SydneyReviewed by Jenny Long This hour-long documentary, also featuring at the Melbourne Film Festival and later to be screened on

WA students plan fight back

14 = WA students plan fight back By Vaarunika Dharmapala PERTH — Alarm at the federal government's proposed cuts to higher education funding has led to a dramatic increase in student activism in Perth. On August 7, students will join with

Lightening heavyweight issues

Hysterical Women '96: A collection of 100 Australian feminist cartoonsA project of the Women's Electoral Lobby of WA and the Network of Women Students of AustraliaJuly 1996$15/$16.50 including postage from PO Box 8215, Perth Business Centre WA

Foreign backers of the Burmese dictatorship

Foreign backers of the Burmese dictatorship By Eva Cheng Despite its notoriously brutal rule since the bloody repression of a 1 million-strong national uprising in August 1988, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) military regime