Prostitutes Speak Out
Produced and directed by Phyllis Jane Rose
Reviewed by Penny Saunders
Attending the May Day presentation of "Prostitutes Speak Out" at the Lion Arts Centre in Adelaide allowed me to catch up with long-time acquaintance
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By Freya Pinney
WOLLONGONG — Miscellaneous Workers Union (MWU) members led a strike at the university on May 8-10 over the hiring of non-union labour. The picket lines, which formed after a rally of 250 people, were maintained for 24 hours and
By Wendy Robertson
"Suharto is a Butcher; free East Timor Now", "Free Xanana Gusmao, Indonesia Out Now" and "No Blood For Oil" were some of the chants that echoed through city streets across Australia on Saturday, May 13. Around 1500 people
Success formula
"The difficulty with [French president-elect Jacques] Chirac is that, despite his 30 years in politics, nobody knows what he stands for. He has that in common with [current president Francois] Mitterrand ..." — Jonathan Fenby in
Not gripping, listening
Higher Learning (soundtrack)
Various artists
Epic Records
Reviewed by Sean Moysey
For me the soundtrack to the movie Higher Learning parallels a triple-J play list. It puts rap from performers like Ice Cube and
Kurdish parliament meets in Europe
The following is from a statement released by the Parliament of Kurdistan in Exile.
On April 12, 1995, in the Netherlands, the Parliament of Kurdistan in Exile held its inaugural meeting. The act proved to
Appeal against nuclear weapons
In December, the United Nations voted to ask the World Court to give an advisory opinion on whether nuclear weapons are legal or illegal.
This adjudication should happen in September, and the World Court
MELBOURNE — A public meeting held on May 2 resolved to support, in principle, the setting up of a People's Action Centre in shopfront premises in Footscray. The centre will function as a drop-in centre and coffee shop, as well as providing a range
Human rights violators and influential members of the armies of various Latin American countries have earned sizeable sums of money for passing information to the CIA. This is shaping up as a major scandal.
It all began with the claim that
Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm.
The Quiz Show Scandal — For the first time in 30 years,
Kennett slashes public housing
By David Mizon
and April Bragg
MELBOURNE — Fifty people rallied in Port Melbourne on May 1 to defend the Public Tenants Union (PTU), which is being closed down by the Kennett government. The closure is
By Richard Horsey
French and US oil companies face allegations that slave labour is being used on a massive scale to build a gas pipeline from Burma to Thailand. The project is a joint venture between French company Total, US company Unocal and
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