
Issue No 68		25 August 2000

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Letters to the Editor

How far is Farr enough?

What an absolute dogs breakfast of an attempt to appear objective by Malcom Farr, "New fissures reveal splits of the past" Daily Telegraph , Monday, August 21, 2000.

The crude attempts at labelling Joe De Bruyn as a relic of the D.L.P., is outrageous.

I am neither a Shoppie nor a right wing tyke, but I agree completely with Joe De Bruyn and his attempts to influence the Labor Party into a semblance of people representation. Mr. De Bruyn is expressing opinion that is validated by the majority of the electorate. It is then a natural sequence of events, - that it is the policy and rhetoric of Labor party that is flawed and should be examined .Not the protestations of the electorate or those that are elected to represent them, and a conscience vote is the only fair way

It is autocratic behaviour such as this, from the only credible opposition that drives the electorate to elect right wing fundamentalist governments, such has been the case in Ontario Canada, with the Canadian Alliance Party controlling the legislature. This has resulted in a summer of riots , with rioters coming prepared with gas masks and using firing ball bearing with slingshots.

Not a situation we even wish to contemplate here?

Tom Collins

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Issue 68 contents

Interview: New Unionist
Britain's Trade Union Congress secretary John Monks on life under Blair and why the future of unionism could well rest in Europe.

History: The Victims of Whiggery
George Loveless, the leader of the rural workers who became the Tolpuddle Martyrs, recorded his ideals and experiences in a pamphlet that brings his story to life.

Economics: The Final Station
Corporatisation was first introduced into Australia by the former Greiner Coalition government. What is 'corporatisation' and who should we hold to account under its prescriptions?

International: Massive Union Win in American Telecom
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced on Thursday a settlement with Verizon Communications ending a fifteen day strike by 87,000 telephone workers from Maine to Virginia.

Unions: A Vital Community Service
What keeps the engine of the Australian economy running? Manufacturing productivity, the stock market, exports? Try child care.

Satire: Putin copies Clinton: dead seamen stains reputation
MOSCOW, Tuesday: Russian naval authorities today faced staunch criticism, and the anger of a nation gripped by tragedy, as they conceded that all 118 Russian submariners trapped in the nuclear submarine, the Kursk, had died.

Review: Blow Up The Pokies
Whether it arouses public debate about Gambling is best left to the public but Peter Zangarri thinks Tim Freedman is on a winner with the Whitlam's latest CD.

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