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Iraq: 'What more can we do?'

By Felicity Arbuthnot In a small Baghdad grocery store, a child of perhaps five came in, clearly proud to be doing an important errand. He was clutching a five dinar note — approximately 9 British pence at the official rate of exchange.

Music as chronicle

Music as chronicle True Believers By John Schumann Columbia Reviewed by John Williams When Phil Ochs released his 1964 album All the News Fit to Sing, he continued a folk tradition of being the chronicler of popular concerns and

Nostradamus' media watch

By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Japanese

Cuban medicine progresses despite blockade

By Anne O'Callaghan Professor Manuel Amador is vice-director of the Cuban Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene. He was in Australia recently to attend the 15th International Conference of Nutrition, held in Adelaide from September 26 to

Lies, death squads and politicians

By Jose Gutierrez "What kind of a person would become a torturer? What kind of a person would become a member of the death squads?", journalist Superna Aggarwal asked former Treasury Police officer Rene Hurtado. "Anyone", he replied, "You can

Some of Robyn Archer's best

Some of Robyn Archer's best Ancient Wonders By Robyn Archer Larrikin Records Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg It is a reflection of the high level of seriousness that Robyn Archer pays to political issues and her home town, that she sent

Keating's Mabo bill: real land rights?

By Karen Fredericks "In Mabo the High Court finally removed terra nullius [the premise that Australia was uninhabited at the time of its "settlement"] from Australian common law. I don't want to be part of a 1993 terra nullius, and I'm far from

Controversial daily launched in PNG

Controversial daily launched in PNG By David Robie A controversial new daily newspaper, published by an associate company of the Malaysian logging corporation which dominates Papua New Guinea's timber industry, appeared on November 11 —

Marriage of inconvenience

The Wedding Banquet Directed by Ang Lee Brighton Bay, Kino cinemas, Melbourne Reviewed by Wendy Robertson The Wedding Banquet deals with a mixture of issues, including the everyday pressures of family and tradition that are faced by gay

Demonstrators defend Malaysian rainforest

By Nicole Ernst BRISBANE — Environmental activists protested in the early hours of the morning at the Hamilton wharves on November 22. The aim of the protest was to raise awareness about destructive logging operations in Malaysia.

Action updates

MELBOURNE — The Australia Cuba Friendship Society organised a well-attended barbecue on November 21 to mark the completion of its latest project, which raised $4000 to pay for an electric power generator for a medical clinic in Cuba. The 80 people

Too much power

Too much power Canadian publisher Conrad Black's need to feed his enormous ego by revealing personal and political exploits (exploitations) in his self-important autobiography has lifted the lid once more on the shady dealings between leading