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Militant Labour launched on independent path

By Frank Noakes LONDON — Suddenly the lights went out, the crowd stirred. The music, from Jaws, drummed menacingly as smoke filled the platform. A thin beam of light shot out, then another stabbed the darkness. The tension built as the

Women inspired by NOWSA conference

By Freya Pinney and Joy McEntee BRISBANE — Organisers of this year's Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference in Brisbane expected 250 women, but 500 arrived — double the number who attended NOWSA '92 in Adelaide. Many

Official: Britain is 22nd rate

Official: Britain is 22nd rate By Frank Noakes LONDON — Thatcherism, the rule of the market and large scale privatisation have had one major triumph — the rich have gotten richer. Judged by any other standard, Tory ideology has

Old and new, both good

Old and new, both good Second Wind The Best of the '80s Judy Small Larrikin Records Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg Judy Small's latest album, produced as she turns 40, reflects a shift in focus for her musical style. In 1992,

Bombing cover-up charged

Bombing cover-up charged By Frank Noakes LONDON — A program aired on British television on July 7 claims that suspects in the bombing of Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 were never interviewed despite being known to the police. The two

Isuzu workers in fight for fair deal

By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — Members of the AMEU at the Isuzu plant in Dandenong have gone out in protest at the company's refusal to negotiate adequate redundancy packages. Upon news of the plant's closure and Isuzu's shoddy proposals for

... and ain't i a woman?: Women, courts and media

Women, courts and media In June the British Court of Appeal quashed the life sentences for murder of two sisters. In July 1992 Michelle Taylor, 22, and her younger sister, Lisa, were convicted of murdering Michelle's former lover's wife,

Dutch youth lead fight against cutbacks

Young people in the Netherlands have been at the forefront of resistance to the government's austerity program. In Amsterdam two leaders of the Dutch radical youth group Rebel, Barend de Voogd and Wilco Altena, talked with 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's

Worker dried in sun

Worker dried in sun Three hundred workers in a garment factory in Jakarta protested recently after the factory management forced a worker to stand several hours in midday sun as punishment. The worker, Muhana, a woman in her 20s, had

The dancer who survived

The dancer who survived The Tenth Dancer A film by Sally Ingleton Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Most of us are aware of the recent history of Cambodia, and the appalling devastation wreaked on that country by the Pol Pot regime. One

Suharto: A softer line on East Timor?

By Max Lane Supporters and observers of the independence struggle in East Timor have for some time been watching for signs of differences between the Indonesian regime's two main factions: the Suharto clique and the armed forces (ABRI)

Opposition to Mt Wellington plan

Opposition to Mt Wellington plan By Sarah Stephen HOBART — A proposal to construct a cable car, revolving restaurant and artificial ski field on Mt Wellington — the beautiful, largely untouched, backdrop to the city — has state