Looking out: We should ask ourselves: Why?
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Penology ... has become torture and foolishness, a waste of money and a cause of crime ... a blotting out of sight and heightening of social anxiety." — Paul Goodman
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Indonesian terrorism
The National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM) reports that Indonesians from Java on January 25 stabbed to death Atai, an East Timorese of Chinese ancestry, in Bairro Pite. It was not immediately known whether the killers
Roger Clarke continues a debate
Frank Noakes' letter (GLW #171) introduced a refreshingly reasonable note into our discussion of the ALP Left. His remark that Lenin "lived long ago and far away" is a fitting comment on the way that Lenin has
By Max Lane
In the Netherlands on January 23, the government of Portugal began action in the International Court of Justice against Australia for signing the Timor Gap Treaty with Indonesia. United Nations resolutions still recognise Portugal as
Times are hard in Cuba. The collapse of the socialist bloc has led to an estimated 85% drop in total external economic relations — that is exports, imports and foreign aid. The US trade embargo has been strengthened through the passage of the Torricelli Act, making it impossible for the West to make up for the bulk of the loss in trade with the socialist bloc.
By Lisa Renfrey
Penny Arcade's Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! was welcomed back in Sydney on February 4 by a packed and enthusiastic audience.
Written during the 1990 US arts censorship crisis to "stick it up the National Endowment for the
Dundunbanza!
Sierra Maestra
World Circuit through Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
As the Adelaide WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) festival approaches, world music enthusiasts are licking their lips at the prospect of some of
Pro-woodchipping rally
By Anthony Brown
PERTH — Some 1500 people, mostly timber workers and families from the state's south-west, attended a rally in the city centre on January 30. The rally, organised by the pro-woodchipping Forest
Union takes anti-woodchipping stand
The construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has distanced itself from the recent activities of the union's forestry division in the woodchip debate.
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All in the game
"It's like treasurers lying about budgets. There are some things you're allowed to be slightly dishonest about in politics without giving away the game." — Former NSW Liberal police minister Terry Griffiths, explaining why Liberal
By Michal Schwartz
Recurrent Palestinian attacks on Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint near Netzarim in the northern Gaza Strip have raised the question of whether or not the settlement should be evacuated. The killing of
Public tenants union fights privatisation
By Dave Mizon
MELBOURNE — Late last month the Kennett government defunded the Public Tenants Union (PTU) by putting the funding traditionally available to it up for tender.
The bulk of the
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