Meeting against technology park
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — More than 100 people attended a public meeting in Alexandria on May 27 to oppose plans for an advanced technology park (ATP) on the old Eveleigh goods yard site in Redfern.
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Opposition to public housing sell-off
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — An attempt to auction a Ministry of Housing home in outer suburban Broadmeadows on May 15 was disrupted by a group of about 40 local residents angry at the sale of
Street Beat
Kev Carmody
Festival Records
Warrior in Chains — The Best of Roger Knox
Roger Knox
Enrec Records
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
Kev Carmody is a master storyteller with a sharp, stirring lyrical style. His stories are
By Barry Sheppard
Kendra Alexander, a leader of the Committees of Correspondence both nationally and in northern California, died in an accidental fire in her home in Berkeley on May 23.
Because of the central and unifying role she
Academics worry about free expression
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — National stop-work meetings were organised on May 26 by the Federal Council of Academics, the Union of Australian College Academics, and the Federation of Australian
Promises
Written by Crying Out Loud
Directed by Margaret Trail
Performed by Karen Hadfield, Marcia Ferguson, Jane Bayly and Maude Davey
Napier St Theatre, Melbourne, until June 22
Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey
The mythology of
By Ernest Mandel Since the mid-'70s there has been a worldwide offensive of capital against labour and the toiling masses of the third world. This offensive expresses the sharp deterioration of the relationship of forces at the expense of
Indonesian students and army clash
By Max Lane
Sources in Jakarta report that 50 students demonstrated outside parliament on June 2 following a one-day occupation of their campus by the army.
On May 22, 150 soldiers plus police
By Jana D.K. in Jakarta and Mitchell Hamilton in Sydney
The Indonesian government is attempting to escape political pressures following the trial of Xanana by creating the false impression that the East Timorese resistance leader has changed
Of rage and honesty
By Brandon Astor Jones
My adolescent years were spent in an area on Chicago's south side. Most people called it Hamilton Park from a natural forest preserve by the same name situated in its north-west sector.
The
By Alberto Gomes
We are almost half way through the International Year of Indigenous Peoples, but for some Jahai, a Semang aboriginal people in the northern Malaysian state of Kelantan, the year is turning out to be a bad one. As a result of
Four years ago the Chinese government sent in soldiers to clear Tiananmen Square of students, workers and other citizens who were demanding democratic reform. While the students and citizens sang the "Internationale", the army attacked. Hundreds
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