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Youth speak out

Youth speak out By Lesley High ADELAIDE 鈥 The radical youth organisation Resistance held a successful youth speak-out in Rundle Mall here on Saturday, November 27. Armed with placards and leaflets displaying slogans like: "Resistance

Metalworkers fed up with enterprise bargaining

By Paul Oboohov SYDNEY 鈥 Metalworkers' delegates gathered at two meetings on November 24 as part of a national response by the Metal Trades Federation of Unions (MTFU) to delays by the Metal Trades Industry Association (MTIA) in settling the

Bhangra Boom Shack-a-lak

Nuff Vibes Apache Indian CD on Island Records through Polygram Movin' On Apache Indian CD single on Island Records at import shops Reviewed by Sean Malloy Sounds of a Jamaican dance hall combined with percussion arranged by Sheila

South Africa's interim constitution passed

By Norm Dixon A last-minute concession by South African President F.W. de Klerk has allowed the multiparty negotiating forum finally to agree on an interim constitution under which South Africa will be governed until 1999. The agreement clears

Green Alliance launches campaign

Green Alliance launches campaign By Arun Pradhan ADELAIDE 芒聙聰 "We need an alternative to 聧 Liberal and Labor, an alternative that is inclusive and 聧 based on grassroots democracy, one that puts 聧 environmental and social justice

Looking out: Then and now

Then and now By Brandon Astor Jones It was Lyndon B. Johnson who said, "Until justice is blind to colour, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the colour of men's [or women's] skins, emancipation will be

Residents organise against council changes

Residents organise against council changes By Geoff Spencer MELBOURNE 鈥 North Carlton residents are organising against their expulsion from the City of Melbourne, of which they have been part for more than 100 years. Following two

AZT a cure?

The following letter by Udo Schueklenk was submitted to Brother Sister in Melbourne. Clinical researchers at the US National Institute of Health (NIH) recently conducted a trial to test a drug, FIAU, supposed to combat hepatitis B virus. Four

Victory for gay rights

Victory for gay rights By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE 鈥 David Paul Jobling was granted a $60,000 compensation payment on November 22. The Equal Opportunity Tribunal declared that Jobling was prevented from taking up an artist-teaching

ATSIC councillors face election

ATSIC councillors face election By Karen Fredericks The second ATSIC (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) Regional Council elections will be held around Australia on Saturday, December 4. The election comes at a time when

A bright spot on television

Blackout ABC Television Tuesdays, 9.30 p.m. Reviewed by Sean Malloy This is the second series of Blackout, and I'm elated to say that this new series looks as good as, if not better than, the first. Blackout examines Aboriginal and

ACT nurses stop work

ACT nurses stop work By Tyrion Perkins Canberra 鈥 Nurses at Canberra's main hospital at Woden Valley are taking industrial action to stop changes to rostering. Management is trying to pressure nurses into reducing their hours of