By Norm Dixon
The worldwide uproar over the French government's decision to resume nuclear tests in the Pacific has been fuelled by the violent seizure of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior off Moruroa atoll on July 9. Protests were
194
Seminar challenges privatisation
By Rob Graham and Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Widespread concern and opposition to privatisation were demonstrated here on June 28-29, when 100 people attended a seminar, "Selling off the State".
Masculinities
By R.W. Connell
Allen and Unwin, 1995.
Reviewed by Chris Slee
In recent years, an increasing number of books have been written about men's problems. These books have varied greatly. Some are progressive, questioning the
Opus 1
Pan African Orchestra
Real World through Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
This brilliant, ambitious and beautiful recording is a welcome reminder that it is crude and inadequate to bunch the complex and varied musical
By Richard Horsey
Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was released on July 10 after six years under house arrest.
A spokesman for the Burmese junta confirmed that her release was unconditional, and said
Angry scenes at hemp rally
By Mick White
BRISBANE — Twelve people were arrested amidst angry scenes at a July 12 protest against Queensland's marijuana laws. At a rally at King George Square outside the city hall, a crowd of more than
An open letter
By Brandon Astor Jones
Liberation is a dialectical movement ... women's liberation in the revolution is inseparable from the liberation of [men]. — Angela Davis.
Your letter arrived yesterday. Thank you. I am glad to
OH INDUSTRY (Whatever Will Become of Me?)
By Kamala Emanuel
A cloud descends on Mayfield;
It's from the BHP.
We cough, we choke, we splutter;
We vainly try to see.
It greets us when we go out,
It greets us coming in.
It gets
Dismantling the Bomb
The Cutting Edge
SBS, Tuesday, July 25, 8.30pm (8 in SA)
Previewed by Lisa Macdonald
"From day one, when we first produced plutonium in this country, we never had an option for its disposal. The notion always was that
In October occurs the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia. Over coming months, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly plans to mark this occasion with a series of historical features and interviews on the CPA and the left from 1920 to the
Mapplethorpe exhibition in Perth
Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective
WA Art Gallery until August 6
Reviewed by Leon Harrison
Robert Mapplethorpe, a famous and controversial gay US photographer, died in 1989 leaving a legacy in his mainly
By Afrodity Giannakis
SYDNEY — Teachers at the Adult Migrant English Service (AMES) in Auburn and Parramatta are campaigning to stop a threatened closure of English for migrants classes at Auburn.
AMES is administered by the state
- Page 1
- Next page