By Peter Boyle
An Australian Broadcasting Authority survey conducted in June 1992 estimated that there are 5.8 to 6 million TV-watching households in Australia. Of these:
77% watch more than two hours a day.
54% leave their sets on
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The Madonna Connection: Representational politics, sub-cultural identities and cultural theory
Edited by Cathy Schwichtenberg
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1993. 336 pp. $19.95 pb
Review by Melanie Sjoberg
Love her or hate her, nearly
By Deb Sorensen
Darwin — At sunrise on July 5, a symbolic fire was lit and the ashes of the first World Indigenous Youth Conference were thrown into it. Traditional dances were performed in the light of the flames.
More than 2000
By Brian Martin
The belief that electoral politics is the same as democracy is deep seated. It is held by people across the political spectrum.
To be sure, there is much dissatisfaction with electioneering. Politicians are sold like
By Jose Gutierrez
Have the media in Australia ever been "democratic"? Regular readers of Green Left Weekly would probably answer, "No: that's why I read GLW".
I agree. But there are other media that also qualify under the "democratic"
Students released
Students arrested during an army attack on demonstrators at the Indonesian National Institute of Science and Technology (ISTN) on June 24 have been released.
The releases followed a confrontation at a hearing of one of
By Alex Cooper
MELBOURNE — Broken bones, forced strip searching, assaults and abuse are some of the things suffered at the hands of police in Victoria, according to a report released by the Federation of Community Legal Centres at the end
By Norm Dixon An inquest into the 1985 murders of several political activists by South African security forces has heard evidence that police pioneered the grisly practice of "necklacing". South Africa's progressive weekly New Nation
By Max Lane
Three student activists from the democratic movement are now on trial in central Java.
Two of the students were charged in relation to an open forum they organised in May 1992, during the general elections. The forum,
A beef about nutrition
There's more than one way to use women's bodies to sell products. The Australian Nutrition Foundation beef advertisement series hints that the majority of women who feel "run down" or tired are likely to be
Protest against US bombing of Baghdad
By Jenny Long
SYDNEY — Around 120 people gathered outside the US Consulate on June 29 to protest against the cruise missile bombing of Baghdad by the United States. The protest, which was called by
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Boris Yeltsin's campaign to concentrate near-absolute power in his own hands as president is to reach an important landmark on July 12. The Constitutional Assembly which Yeltsin summoned in order to legitimise his
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