By Marina Cameron
As a young feminist, I have been dismayed over the last few years to see words such as "chick", "babe" and "girl" creeping back into use in feminist and left circles. It makes me very uncomfortable to see feminists wearing
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By James Vassilopoulos
LIVERPOOL — The Liverpool dockers, in the 20th month of their dispute with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC), are determined to fight on. Despite the obstacles and hardships — 90 dockers have had their houses
Slovo: The Unfinished AutobiographyBy Joe Slovo. Foreword by Nelson MandelaMelbourne: Ocean Press, 1997. 296 pp., $29.95 Review by Norm Dixon
The subtitle of this book is an understatement. As autobiography, it is little more than a collection
Curragh miners strike
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Production at Blackwater's Curragh coal mine in central Queensland stopped on May 9 when 300 workers voted unanimously to strike for two weeks. Workers at the Arco-owned operation set up
Anti-gay tirade in Queensland
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The mayor of outer suburban Pine Rivers shire, Yvonne Chapman, has given local residents permission for bigotry and hatred against homosexuals, according to Gay and Lesbian Welfare
By Eva Cheng
An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 angry protesters took to the streets in Taipei on May 4 calling on Prime Minister Lien Chan to resign and President Lee Teng-hui to apologise for the failure to check an increase of violent crime.
East Timor student sanctuary network launched
By Sarah Peart
As part of the May 17-24 "Free East Timor! Democracy for Indonesia!" week of action, Resistance will launch a student sanctuary network. The network will work together with the
By Peter Gellert
MEXICO CITY — Mexican workers marked May Day with huge demonstrations in the country's capital. Workers have plenty to demonstrate about. At least 70 % of the population lives in poverty, the price of the basic foods and
By Norm Dixon
Police on May 5 and 6 raided the offices and homes of activists and organisations involved in the Port Moresby demonstrations in March against the Chan government's deployment of mercenaries on Bougainville. Three leading activists
Overseas Chinese 'defend' islands
By Eva Cheng
A handful of right-wingers led by Japanese legislator Shingo Nishimura made a provocative landing on May 6 on an islet of Diaoyu Islands (or what the Japanese called Senkaku Islands), the
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Access News — Melbourne
On the May 8 national day of action against education cuts and undergraduate fees staff and students staged large demonstrations across the country. Around Australia, demonstrators heard speakers from the National Union of Students (NUS), the
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