This strikes a big chord with me. People are willing to confess to so many things that define their identity - it is really pleasing to see someone tackle the good old class issues. There is a normal curve that can illustrate the wealth of societal members. If you are a woman you will be able to claim equality when the normal curve of women is the same as that of men. If you are black you can claim equality when the normal curve of coloured people is the same as that of whites. If you are gay then you can claim equalit when the normal curve is the same for you and hetroes. If you are a worker you can claim equality when the normal curve is the same as that of capitalists. Sounds unlikely - better get organised ...

hey all Rowan mitchell and nyself have been trying to get contact with someone for a while......glad to see that there is a new site up..maybe this time i can get contact. If not ill do to snail mail to Wal Larkin as at least I know he is reliable.........look weve been trying to ask a few questions like while ro was away his dues were paid by melb branch for a while and he still has his book as do I we want to keep our old wob numbers and pay back our dues to last date paid..is this possible...we also choose to have stamps and not online membership.........Im back in oz now and rowan is still there.

I've created an editing help page for this site.

http://iww.org.au/editHowTo

Enjoy!

Well it might not shock you, but I have a hot inside lead that hip Newtown cafe Cinque (next to the Dendy) actually withholds tips from their fantastic wait staff. The management give the excuse that tips are withheld "in lieu of breakages and shortfalls in the till". Come off it! Those are business risks that the owners add to the cost of food and coffee.

I've been drinking coffee at Cinque for years, and I usually drop my change in the tips jar. That's just a way to compliment the staff, to say "sure you brought me some coffee, but I apprciate that". I'm disgusted to learn that the staff don't get a cent of that money - which is given to the staff for just being really great.

Hmm, the new development website is fabbo, but I think I broke the htmlarea module somehow. I hope it can be fixed.

Blogging is here!