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... and ain't I a woman?: Less, not more choice on campus

... and ain't I a woman?: Less, not more choice on campus In the six years that the University of Western Australia guild (student representative body) has been operating under "voluntary student unionism" (VSU), thousands of dollars have been

Education runs second to conformity

By Diana Haywood Rankine ADELAIDE — Paralowie School's new principal, Greg Petherick, is determined to introduce school uniforms. At least two students (myself included) have refused to wear uniforms because it is conformist and of no benefit to

Tools of oppression

Tools of oppression By Rick Mercier A recent wave of killings in East Timor, coinciding with a propaganda offensive proclaiming the imminence of civil war, indicates that the Indonesian military has discovered the usefulness of paramilitaries in

Southern comfort

Southern comfort Lyrebird — Tales of HelpmannBy Tyler CoppinDirected by Adam CookAt the Playhouse, Sydney Opera HouseUntil March 19 Review by Mark Stoyich The three greatest South Australians of my lifetime were Don Dunstan, now sadly mourned;

A rebel against the sexual double standard

A rebel against the sexual double standard Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria WoodhullBy Barbara GoldsmithGranta, 1998 — 531 pp., $35.00 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Victoria Woodhull was the first woman

One Nation collapse continues

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Two more One Nation state MPs are out of the party, bringing its number in the Queensland parliament down to five — compared to 11 after the June state election. Member for Maryborough John Kingston and member for

Palm Sunday protests against Jabiluka

Palm Sunday protests against Jabiluka Rallies will be held in many centres on Palm Sunday, March 28, to protest against the Jabiluka uranium mine and other aspects of Australia's involvement in the nuclear fuel cycle. In Melbourne, the rally is

A question of strategy

By Zanny Begg The debate between anarchism and socialism is not one between "libertarian" and "authoritarian" models of change, as the anarchists claim. It is a debate about what strategy is needed to overturn the capitalist status quo. Consciously

Defence of anarchism

The article "Socialism versus Anarchism" [Resistance, February 10] was so full of popular misconceptions and half truths, that we members of the group "Consciously Anarchists" felt it was imperative to submit a reply. Even before beginning the

2SER goes underground

By Nick Gebhardt SYDNEY — 2SER is relaunching itself as Sydney's underground music and talks station. After many months of discussions about the station's programming, we came up with the idea of uniting our music and talks programming under the

Do youth wages create jobs — or slaves?

Do youth wages create jobs — or slaves? By Mel Bull Young workers in Australia are discriminated against; because of their age, they are paid less for work of equal value. Reith and Howard claim that this gets young people a foot in the door

How big business controls the tax agenda

By Sue Bolton In January, a confidential Australian Taxation Office paper was released to the Australian under the Freedom of Information Act. In it, tax office officials lament that "control" of the tax system has been snatched by the big