Trumpets and Raspberries By Dario Fo Presented by Melbourne's New Theatre as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival The Organ Factory, Clifton Hill until April 18 Reviewed by Peter Boyle Italian playwright Dario Fo has a unique talent for
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Pornography and Feminism: The Case Against Censorship By Feminists Against Censorship Edited by Gillian Rodgerson and Elizabeth Wilson Lawrence and Wishart, 1991 79 pp. $15 pb Reviewed by Tracy Sorensen Is there evidence of a direct link
Gareth Evans runs in Wills By Jeremy Smith and Vanessa Hearman MELBOURNE — Foreign minister Gareth Evans on the Wills campaign trail for Labor in Coburg on April 4, was forced to flee by East Timorese activists angered by the government's
By Margaret El-Chami Most charges against more than 200 people arrested during last November's anti-Aidex protests were dropped last week because of lack of evidence. Organisers from Stop Aidex (now called Stop Aus-Tec) say this shows that
By Harry Perlich Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer has caused a minor controversy. It contains a series of brutal murders depicted with a powerful degree of realism, though not unusually graphic. They are undoubtedly gruesome, though not
By Peter Annear in Prague The victory of Salih Berisha's Democratic Party in the country's second general election in 12 months marks the opening of a new stage in Albanian politics. The conservative victory signals the failure of reforms begun
Ambitious goal "We have set ourselves the goal, which we consider attainable, of shifting from the current nose-dive to a gentle fall and then stabilisation by the end of the year." — Yegor Gaidar, Russian deputy prime minister. Spaceman
By Steve Painter SYDNEY — Despite the fact that the vast majority of scientific opinion accepts the reality of global warming, there is a backlash in the corporate sector says Dr Jeremy Leggett, Greenpeace International's director of science
By Boris Ikhlov PERM — In Magnitogorsk on February 25 the funeral took place of Vladimir Vitalevich Lebedev, one of the main activists of the political association "Worker". Lebedev was driving a Moskvich car and was absolutely sober when he
A pioneer of 'World Jazz' By Norm Dixon The outstanding success of the recent WOMAD festival in Adelaide was just the latest manifestation of the growing popularity of what has become known as World Music. In the early '80s, the World
Talking union ADELAIDE — Mitsubishi workers at two plants walked off the job here last week. About 1000 stopped work at the Lonsdale iron foundry in response to management attempts to cut penalty rates and change work patterns. About 200 trim
Symptoms of crisis There have been some alarming trends in recent European elections, with Jean-Marie Le Pen's neo-fascists winning nearly 14% of the vote in French regional elections, neo-fascists winning large votes in Belgium and
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