Playland
Written and directed by Athol Fugard
With John Kani and Sean Taylor
Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
Reviewed by Jorge Sotirios
Athol Fugard has written many a play which resonates with a commitment to the plight of the oppressed in
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By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — In the weeks after Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party polled strongly in the Russian parliamentary elections, a phrase constantly on the lips of government supporters was "the threat of fascism". On
Free trade
The policy of free trade and the free movement of capital, pursued around the world during the last decade, has been part of a Class War by the rich against the poor, with the middle class sitting on the fence enjoying the benefits.
By Pip Hinman
Widespread popular support for the demands of the Zapatista rebel movement in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has created a serious political crisis for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government. President
The Snapper
Directed by Stephen Frears
With Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Ruth McCabe
Dendy Cinema, Sydney
Reviewed by Catherine Brown
"Am I the only person in this house taking this seriously?", asks Dessie Curley (Colm Meaney) as his
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — On January 17, only a week before the start of the school term, the Directorate of School Education finally announced some details on the proposed Richmond coeducational facility.
The announcement was made nearly
Toxic Psychiatry — Drugs and Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Truth and Better Alternatives
By Peter Breggin
Fontana Paperback, 1993. 578 pp., $19.95
Reviewed by Scott Robinson
Peter Breggin has practised psychiatry since the 1950s, but
Welcome to the free market
"The Russian Government looks set to reject the latest pressure by Western nations to try to force it to cut its production of aluminium." — Sydney Morning Herald, January 17.
Advantage
"The most obvious
By Jose Gutierrez
Charles Edward Russell was one of the great US correspondents of the 1900s. He wrote for the New York Herald and was the author of several books, including The Uprising of the Many, Lawless Wealth, Songs of Democracy and Why I
By Annolies Truman
SYDNEY — Calls for the formation of an indigenous Australian church, compulsory Aboriginal and Islander studies in theological colleges and the enactment of a "Social Justice Package" to address needs not met by the Native
By Greg Adamson
CANBERRA — Residents and supporters of Ainslie Village, a low-income accommodation area, have maintained a 24-hour picket since January 16 in protest at hostile management activities. The picket has drawn broad community
A "catastrophic humanitarian situation" exists in the Tuzla region, according to the Bosnian city's mayor, Selim Beslagic. United Nations aid for refugees has been only 19% of what is needed, and the city is regularly shelled by surrounding Serb
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