A personal account by Nunu Santos
The famous November 12, 1991, demonstration at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili informed the whole world that the young people of East Timor are committed to winning independence. The massacre that day also
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The Will to Violence: The Politics of Personal Behaviour
By Susanne Kappeler
Published in 1995 by Spinifex Press, 288 pp., $24.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Kath Gelber
The Will to Violence presents a powerful and one-sided critique
By Melani Iona
MELBOURNE — "The first political demonstration I went in was when Japan invaded China in the early '30s. I would have been five or six years old" — Wendy Lowenstein, author, journalist, teacher, protester. The epitome of
By James Balowski
The Magsaysay Foundation in Manila on August 7 issued a statement strongly defending its decision to give its 1995 literary award for Pramoedya Ananta Toer, one of Indonesia's foremost authors. The award had been
Carr's promises not being met
By Karen Fletcher
In the midst of a close election campaign earlier this year, Bob Carr promised to cut hospital waiting lists in half within one year, immediately abolish toll charges on two
The Destruction of Yugoslavia: Tracing the Break-up 1980-92
By Branka Magas
Verso, 1993. 359 pp.
Reviewed by Rob Graham
"The year 1992, scheduled to be a milestone on the road to European unity, saw Sarajevo and other
By Sean Healy
MELBOURNE — The La Trobe University administration has upped the stakes in long-running negotiations over funding between the administration and the La Trobe University Student Representative Council. In a letter dated
Student Independent
High school student magazine against nukes
Published by Brisbane Resistance
Reviewed by Zanny Begg
One of the most noticeable features of the campaign which erupted in the wake of Chirac's announcement
What the agreement trades off
The following is a list of concerns about the proposed public service agreement reprinted from a leaflet published by the ACT branch of the CPSU. It has been slightly abridged.
Approval for Public
By Frank Gollan
SYDNEY — National leaders of the Community and Public Service Union have joined with the federal Labor government in supporting a proposal which will cut job security and conditions for federal public servants. Voting is
Carcrash
Directed by David Caesar
Chauvel Cinema, Sydney, from August 17
Reviewed by Kath Gelber
People "drive the way they would like to live their lives", claims this new documentary by David Caesar. They substitute for
Chilean activist in Brisbane
@9point = BRISBANE — Despite the election of a civilian government in Chile, there are still many political prisoners and human rights remain under threat, visiting Chilean activist Miriam Ortega told a
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