This week in history
December 1, 1854: Eureka Stockade
Tens of thousands of miners in the Ballarat gold fields, burdened by high mining licence fees and a corrupt and brutal administration, and incensed at the jailing of unlicensed diggers,
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By Dick Nichols
[This is an edited version of an address to the ACT Politics in the Pub on the subject of "Privatisation in the ACT".] I'll be tackling the issue of privatisation as someone who, as secretary of the combined unions committee at
By Amanda Lawrence
In a recent edition of Triple J's Morning Show, presenter Sarah Macdonald introduced a new series on "The A-Z of Political Activism", Triple J's attempt to "find new ways to protest". According to Triple J, we are living in the
'Newcastle needs a working-class alternative'
'Newcastle needs a working-class alternative'
By Stephen O'Brien
NEWCASTLE — Following the November 21 federal Newcastle by-election, the Democratic Socialists have announced that they will
By Stan Thompson
ADELAIDE — The state government is set to give the go ahead for an expansion of the uranium mining industry in South Australia, with final approval pending for the Beverley and Honeymoon mines. The government was due to make a
GLW library appeals for books
By Dave Holmes
SYDNEY — Ready access to the right materials is crucial for a cooperative venture like 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, no less than for the big capitalist dailies. And for all the increasing importance of the
Women and revolution
By Lisa Frankland and Emma Murphy
In Australia today women are told (and many believe) that we have achieved full equality. Oh yeah? Why, then, are women still paid an average of 67% of the male wage, and why are our looks
MUA ranks launch campaign to revive union
By Dick Nichols
PERTH — On November 25, Western Australian wharfies and seafarers determined to revive their union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), met in Fibber McGees Irish pub in Leederville.
Contracting work: who's safeguarding the future?
By Peter Perkins
At the beginning of 1998, the NSW government awarded the contract for maintenance work on the State Rail Authority's Illawarra rail line to giant US multinational Fluor Daniels.
Behind the 'gumboot dance'
Rishile Gumboot Dancers of SowetoRishile Gumboot Dancers of SowetoLarrikin/Festival Review by Norm Dixon
Within hours of touching down at Johannesburg airport, tourists on package tours to South Africa find themselves
Malaysian democracy activist arrested
By Khatijah Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR — Tian Chua was at a thankyou party for volunteers of the Asia Pacific People's Assembly on November 21 when news reached the gathering that a pro-reform demonstration had
Combined Unions Choir song book launched
BRISBANE — Two hundred people packed into Paddington Workers Club for the Queensland Combined Unions Choir's 10th anniversary concert on November 7. Highlights of the performance included the hilarious
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