By Steve Painter The onset of recession has brought a surge of very dishonest, demagogic politics in the big business media. Greens, Aborigines and immigrants are the main targets of this politics of cynicism. "If today a political party is
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By Sally Low 1992 was supposed to be the year when one huge prosperous market would emerge in western Europe — a market that would lay the basis for giant European companies to match the US and Japan as the most successful exploiters of the
No crap "Let's not waste time with a lot of propaganda crap about the national interest. The bottom line is he's running for president to protect his own private interests." — Gabby Villareal, lawyer for Philippines presidential candidate
Sex discrimination laws fall short Australian sex discrimination laws do not adequately protect women and in some cases even reinforce traditional sexist stereotypes, according to a federal parliamentary report. The Discussion Paper on the
By Penny Saunders The Melbourne International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (at the National Theatre, St Kilda, until February 15) presents a challenging program of local and international film dealing with diverse subjects ranging from
By Steve Painter SYDNEY — "In 1984, when the British government privatised part of British Telecom, more than 2 million Britons bought shares", says one of the ads in the Greiner government's recently launched, $2.5 million privatisation
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — As Russians gasped for breath after their first weeks of price liberalisation, how did they rate their government and its policies? Opinion polls in Moscow and St Petersburg have now provided some of the answers.
Labor's economic statement The Labor Party left was on the right track with its call last week for increased public spending to create employment in the coming February 26 economic statement. A delegation consisting of Senator Bruce Childs and
Mythical Past, Elusive Future: History and Society in an Anxious Age By Frank Furedi Pluto Press, London and Concord, Mass, 1992 Reviewed by Ian Bolas Reason, progress, change — the words are rarely spoken today without an apologetic
By Peter Boyle Recent attacks on immigration assert that it is costing "the taxpayer" large amounts of money and jobs while living standards are falling and unemployment is above 10% and rising. It appeals at an apparently "non-ideological"
Comment by Alan A. Parker Two million new jobs needed by the year 2000? Yet, a report prepared recently for the Victorian premier predicts 10% unemployment until then unless major changes are made. The underlying problem is that Australia's
Mickelberg hopes to untie the stitch Criminal justice — how aptly named Wrongly arrested, verballed and framed Then stuck in a cell to rot there for years While the ones who arranged it pursue their careers But we won't get hysterical
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