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Loose cannons

Cluck "Give a Chick a chance." — Election slogan of Kerry Chikarovski, new deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party, during her first campaign for parliament, in 1981. New World Order at home "Every American now has a realistic chance of

Radio highlights

Time Is On Our Side — The Rolling Stones Story — This series is crammed with interviews, unique session performances and their music from the past three decades. Parts 2-3-4. ABC Radio National, Wednesday, December 14/21/28, 2.05pm.

The Cairo conference and reproductive rights

One of the more controversial events of 1994 was the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in September. GISELA DUeTTING, who attended from the Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights, based in the

What the Dickens? — a tale of two Scrooges

By Christopher Phelps "Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir." "Are there no prisons?" asked Scrooge. "Plenty of prisons", said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.

Write on

Consumers Tony Hastings (Write on #170) says that "the proletariat don't need their living standards raised any higher". Tell that to the majority of working people in Australia, whose standard of living has decreased in the last decade. Tell

On the box

About Us: My life as I live it — Aboriginal activist Essie Coffey's first film, My survival as an Aboriginal, was an immediate success at its release in 1978. This new documentary looks at what progress against racism has been made in Essie's home

Slander campaigns and the truth about Cuba

By Jackie Coleman HAVANA — Miami-based TV Marti has succeeded in broadcasting less than an hour of programs into Cuba since it started transmissions in March 1990. While Cuban technicians have been able to scramble its signal and thus block US

In the stars: your coming year

In the stars: your coming year By Lucifer Skycrawler What's in the stars? Hydrogen, say some people. Heat, say others. Tonnes of orange Smarties, say still others. All of these answers are silly. In reality, the stars are occupied by

Peace action planned

Peace action planned A national women's peace action and festival is planned to be held at the Australian Defence Industries Munitions Factory in Benalla, Victoria, during Easter next year, from April 14 to 16, 1995. The action will be an

The day the Devil came to Dangawullah

A short story by Craig Cormick Any of the townspeople of Dangawullah could tell you exactly when the Devil arrived. It was that hot afternoon of October 29, 1929. It was the last day that it rained that year until Christmas Day, and it was the

History lessons

History lessons It seems only yesterday that we were told of the end of history: that for better or worse, things were the way they were and no more could be hoped for. We'd arrived. This message, universally proclaimed by government and media,

Questions for the NOWSA collective

Comment by Zanny Begg and Sujatha Fernandes The Network Of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference in Sydney in July attracted 400 women from around the country. The conference was organised by a cross-campus collective of women from NSW.