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Trammies strike over enterprise bargaining By Tully Bates MELBOURNE — More cuts are foreshadowed in the latest enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) members of the tram division of the Public Transport Union are being asked to
Write on Atlanta and executions Next year the Olympic Games will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, and no doubt there will be a great deal of hoop-la surrounding these games and the citizens of Georgia will be celebrating the peak
The shame of it all By Brandon Astor Jones "Who cares if the bullet that killed the police officer was of a different caliber than Jamal's gun? So what if an NABJ luminary is snuffed out without a fair trial? The NABJ has more
By Frank Gollan SYDNEY — Plans by the Public Sector Union Group of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) to restructure massively are floundering. The plans are designed to centralise financial and other controls of the group,
The Hand that Signed the Paper By Helen Demidenko Allen & Unwin: 1994. 157 pp., $13.95 (pb) Reviewed by Vivienne Porzsolt I am Jewish. My parents got out of Prague the day Hitler's troops marched in — March 15, 1939. Most
Next week, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly celebrates its 200th issue. And after four and a half years of providing progressive activists and campaigns around the country and the world with news and views on green and left politics every week, it is a celebration
By Eva Cheng The Chinese government's latest nuclear test, on August 16, has triggered a wave of protests across the country. The latest test took place at Lop Nor in China's north west province of Xinjiang, the same site as the May 15
By Michael Garay The "Soviet threat", which provided the US justification for the transformation of the Pacific into an "American Lake" has ended. The Pentagon, however, intends to remain. "It is ironic that at the very zenith
All Men Are Liars Hoyts Cinemas Reviewed by Kath Gelber and Lou Stanley You can't help but wonder why the producers have put so much marketing money into such a mediocre film. The exit from the preview screening we attended was
'70s feminists In the '90s, the '70s wave of social movements is over and done with, so we are told. This is an era in which the term "'70s feminist" has begun to be used as a term of abuse. What is a '70s feminist? A variety of
Desiderata Too Don't go placidly amid the apathy and lethargy. Remember that your silence is consent and there can be no peace where there is injustice. You can't please all the people all the time, so shout your truth from the
By Dave Mizon and Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — The strike by Bass Strait oil rig workers is entering its fourth week. The workers took action after Esso locked out workers coming on to the rigs on July 26 and stranded the rostered shift on the