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Next issue April 26

Next issue April 26 Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly is taking a one-week break at Easter so that many of our staff and distributors can participate in the Marxist Educational Conferences. Our next issue will be dated April 26 and will include an interview with

Indonesia backs out of talks

On March 31, the East Timorese resistance received news from UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that the Indonesian foreign minister, Ali Alatas, had asked for a postponement of the intra-Timorese meeting scheduled to be held in Salzburg,

Leaps the '90s in a single bound

Poor Super Man By Brad Fraser Sydney Theatre Company's New Stages Wharf 2, Sydney, until April 29 Reviewed by Peter Boyle Q: Have you heard the rumour that Superman was gay? His obituary in the November 20, 1992, Sydney Morning Herald

In defence of affirmative action

By Malik Miah The United States is the first country on the planet to completely overcome centuries of racial oppression of African Americans and other people of colour. We can now proudly say, "We are a non-racial, colour-blind society".

A welcome resource for lesbians

Lesbian Sex By the ACON Women's Team 1994 (Women and AIDS Project & Glidup) Reviewed by Kath Gelber "This booklet is for anyone who identifies as a woman and who has sex with other women", proclaims the first line in this informative

Deal proposed on radioactive waste

Deal proposed on radioactive waste A leaked letter from South Australian Premier Dean Brown to Prime Minister Paul Keating reveals that the SA government is attempting to trade its opposition to a radioactive waste repository at Woomera for a

Gallant Scots versus craven fops

Rob Roy Starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth and Eric Staltz Directed by Michael Caton-Jones Reviewed by Barry Healy Robert Roy MacGregor was a Scottish clan chief whose life, mediated through a great romantic book by

A shelf full of heresies

United States: Essays 1952-1992 By Gore Vidal Abacus, 1994. 1295 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Gore Vidal has, for most of his 70 years, been writing novels, plays, essays and journalism in a brave attempt to hold back the

Full program for St Kilda festival

By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — The short film, a poor relation of cinema for years, is experiencing something of a resurgence. Films like Ana Kokkinis' Only the Brave have won international awards and cinema distribution. Some of the more

SACP discusses new phase of struggle

By Tim Dauth JOHANNESBURG — "Consolidate and advance": these are the tasks, delegates to the South African Communist Party Gauteng regional congress here decided on March 18-19. The congress recognised that the immediate task is to address the

A very 'ordinary' commentator

Studs Terkel's Chicago SBS, Thursday, April 20, 8.30pm Reviewed by Norm Dixon Studs Terkel is one of the United States' most celebrated radical writers. In his long life he has been a gangster (at least in radio soap operas), a DJ, a

Victorian hospital jobs under threat

Victorian hospital jobs under threat By Seetal Dodd MELBOURNE — Jobs and job security are under threat at the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, formed in a recent amalgamation between Heidelberg and Austin hospitals in Melbourne's