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Left on-line

Left on-line ApologyList is collecting apologies from white Australians for the removal of Aboriginal children — the stolen generations — citing that fact that almost half of the Aboriginal deaths in custody investigated by the 1988 Royal

Sting like a butterfly, buzz like a bee

Sting like a butterfly, buzz like a bee Bernard ShawBy Michael HolroydChatto & Windus, 1997. 834 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon "A good man fallen amongst Fabians" — so Lenin was alleged to have summed up the playwright

Progressive gift-giving

Progressive gift-giving Just in case you haven't ventured near a shopping centre in the past few weeks, there is something you may need to know. Those who celebrate Christmas will be doing so in a matter of weeks. That means the shops are

Bus drivers to walk out over cuts

Bus drivers to walk out over cuts By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Bus drivers employed by Brisbane City Council are preparing to take strike action to protest against threatened cuts to jobs, pay and conditions. The workers rallied in King

Corroboree for sovereignty

CANBERRA — The Aboriginal tent embassy has issued an invitation for the "great gathering of the elders" — a corroboree for sovereignty — to mark the 26th anniversary of the embassy and survival day, January 26, 1998. The embassy is inviting

and ain't i a woman?: Pregnancy and discrimination

Pregnancy and discrimination The Tasmanian Sex Discrimination Commission's annual report, released earlier this month, reveals that complaints of sexual discrimination increased by 80% in the last year. Twenty-three percent of the

Algerian civilians hit from both sides

NEW YORK — An Amnesty International report released on November 19 documents a spiralling increase in violence in Algeria, which has claimed up to 80,000 lives since 1992. Amnesty called for an international investigation into recent massacres and

Uranium mining, woodchipping, greenhouse linked

By Penny Law and Tony Iltis HOBART — Around 40 people attended a film night organised by Everyone for a Nuclear Free Future (ENuFF) on November 18. The films shown were irt Cheap, about uranium mining in the Northern Territory; Take Heart,

Unneeded answers to unasked questions

Seven years in TibetA film by Jean-Jacques AnnaudReleased by TriStarOpening at Hoyts on December 4 Review by Allen Myers First things first. The Tibetan people should have the right to self-determination, including complete independence from

CPSU tax section discusses sackings

By Ben Courtice The Tax Office section council of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), meeting in Sydney on November 13-16, discussed how to respond to the threat of compulsory redundancies in the Australian Taxation Office. Management

A champion of social justice

The Bottom LinePeter HicksSend $22.50 to PO Box 163, Camperdown NSW 2050 Review by Alex Bainbridge The Bottom Line is the first solo album by left-wing Sydney singer/songwriter Peter Hicks for several years. The result is excellent — a truly

US out of the Persian Gulf!

l = Editorial: US out of the Persian Gulf! l = US out of the Persian Gulf! The US government has threatened to launch a military attack on Iraq over a relatively insignificant matter to do with the composition of the United Nations Special