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Looking out: Dialogues and monologues

Dialogues and monologues By Brandon Astor Jones "I thought [that] the original idea was for a dialogue, not a monologue, and it was [not] just the liberals getting together to congratulate themselves on their bias and prejudice ..." — Newt

Bludgers in Grass Castles launched

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The controversial pamphlet, Bludgers in Grass Castles: Native title and the unpaid debts of the pastoral industry, was launched here on February 7 at the Resistance Centre. The pamphlet, by ecologist Martin Taylor, has

Jazz against racism

Jazz against racism SYDNEY — More than 400 people packed into the steaming atmosphere of the Harbourside Brasserie for Green Left Weekly's "Jazz against racism" benefit on February 6. Mesmerising music from some of Australia's best jazz

Democrats, Greens may support Liberals

By Russell Pickering CANBERRA — The Australian Democrats and the Greens have so far refused to rule out backing a Liberal minority government after the February 21 ACT election. After the last ACT election, the Greens and independents Michael

Wharfies receive enormous solidarity

Wharfies receive enormous solidarity By James Vassilopoulos WEBB DOCK — "We had a 68-year-old widow send us 10 bucks and a solidarity message." According to Mick O'Leary, the wharfies on Webb Dock are receiving incredible public support.

CPSU campaigns against certified agreement in Health and Family Services

By Phil Shannon CANBERRA — Meetings of Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services (HFS) voted overwhelmingly two weeks ago to oppose the certified agreement being proposed by

Beverley uranium: the government's dirty secret

Beverley uranium: the government's dirty secret By Louise Moody ADELAIDE — On November 14, Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) announced that it had government approval to trial uranium mining in Beverley in the far north of South

Wharfies: 'Now it is time to fight'

Wharfies: 'Now it is time to fight' By James Vassilopoulos WEBB DOCK, Port Melbourne — In a desolate terrain of dust and gravel, the struggle is unfolding between the workers of the Maritime Union of Australia and the unholy coalition of the

Nicaraguan Indians under threat from logging

"What will be left of Nicaragua when SOLCARSA is finished with it? Nothing more than a huge desert. How is it possible that our precious ancestral forests are being converted into plywood?" — Gilda Aburto, Nicaraguan journalist. The World Bank is

and ain't i a woman?: Health care cuts are hurting women

Health care cuts are hurting women Margaret's fit and healthy husband became an invalid overnight, after a series of minor strokes left him unable to speak or swallow. The hospital discharged him early when his bed was required by someone more

Work for the dole kills jobs

Work for the dole kills jobs By John Tomlinson Prime ministers John Howard in Australia, Jenny Shipley in New Zealand and Tony Blair in Britain all use the same rhetoric to describe the behaviour of lone parents and the unemployed. They claim

US hands off Iraq!

By Francesca Davis United States military action against Iraq could trigger a world war, Russian President Boris Yeltsin warned on February 4. In a meeting with first deputy prime minister Anatoly Chubais, Yeltsin commented, "Clinton's actions