
Issue No 81		08 December 2000

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Letters to the Editor

Labor's Education Sell-Out

So the job has finally been done Labor has sold out the thousands of former supporters who send their kids to our once great Public School system.

The sell out by this no policy no philosophy "New Labor" party has finally closed the small divide between our two conservative parties, conservative Labor and conservative Liberal. There is now no reason to vote for Labor as distinct from the coalition.

The lack of leadership on the schools funding issue has been your downfall. The lobbying of the private schools be they Catholic or other is obviously more important to the Labor party than the cries of the parents of the 70% of kids going to government schools. You have sold them out for four years and no amount of posturing by Beazley going into next years election will rectify this.

I cast my last vote for Labor in New South Wales at the election before last. I have cast my last vote now for Labor federally . No guts no Christmas pudding. Sorry guys but because I know there will be no stomach to define a true policy of roll back in funding for private schools in the forthcoming election my vote and my lobbying will be for a party or parties which better represent the people.

So long

Dick McDermott

So the job has finally been done Labor has sold out the thousands of former supporters who send their kids to our once great Public School system.

So long

Dick McDermott

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Issue 81 contents

Interview: Back to Work
After a stretch of unemployment following the 1996 election, former Keating Minister Robert Tickner is now helping others find work.

Media: Reality Check
Aiden White, head of the international journalists' union, argues that online journalism presents a new set of challenges for organising.

Economics: In the Same Boat
In an unprecedented move, a coalition of industry, community and trade union groups have joined forces to address long-trerm unemployment.

International: Nepalese Hotel Workers Ask for Support
Hotel workers in the small Himalayan nation of Nepal have finally decided to vent their anger and call a general strike for Monday - over a 21 year old dispute.

Unions: Speaking in Tongues
Labor Council's Mark Morey outlines the successful campaign by local government workers for a community language allowance.

History: Fighting Words
The anti-conscription campaign of 1914-18 tore the ALP apart; but this was not the first time the labour movement took a militantly anti-war stance.

Politics: A New Socialism
In an extract from his new book, political economist Frank Stilwell argues the need for a new radicalism to counter the Third Way

Satire: Roy Slaven on the Rampage
John Doyle's history of the ABC stretches back to a 1958 evening in Lithgow on which he was "scared shitless" by Blackboard on Mr Squiggle.

Review: Mauled in the Bear Pit
Vengeance may be sweet but it is always made better when you are able to write a book about yourself that also provides the opportunity to dump a bucket load on those who undertook your removal.

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