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By Dave Riley BRISBANE — With stronger winter sunshine, warmer temperatures and more "calm" days, Brisbane has a greater smog potential year round than centres such as Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Newcastle. The capacity of the airshed over
By Frank Noakes "Sydney's City Court in 1938 was a dreary place through which passed an endless procession of drunks, prostitutes, perverts, drug addicts, petty criminals and car thieves. So what a change, what a dramatic change then, when a
ADELAIDE — Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) will hold a rally on August 8 at 1pm on the steps of Parliament House at which it will hand over a submission to the state government calling for a reform of SA's marijuana laws. The rally marked the
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's organised working class expects the new government to be thoroughly accountable to its supporters and will resort to mass action if workers' interests are betrayed. These are some of the findings of
Shock Corridor "Justice ... is so subtle a thing that to interpret it one has only need of a heart." — Jose Garcia Oliver Back in the 60s, during the struggle for civil rights, I, like many other African-Americans, took to the streets of
International Playhouse — Fun Balloons — Tom's washing machine needs to be repaired but nobody comes to service it, so he goes to the local showroom to complain. There he meets the manager, his secretary and the area supervisor who give him
intro = The Balkanisation of the West By Stjepan G. Mestrovic Routledge Reviewed by Phil Clarke In 1989 US state department academic Francis Fukuyama shot to fame proclaiming "the end of history" in the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG, July 24 — The militant strike by shop workers employed by South Africa's largest supermarket chain, Pick 'n Pay, continues. While there has been a noticeable reduction in the violent attacks by police that marred
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Hundreds of rural labour tenants — impoverished communities who exchange labour on white-owned farms in return for the use of land — have begun a campaign of strikes and marches in the Piet Retief region of the
Rodney Croome, of the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, was in New York in late June to speak at the rally to mark the 25th anniversary of Stonewall. During his stay he participated in several meetings and had discussions with a range of gay
[This is the edited transcript of a talk given by Left Business Observer editor Doug Henwood at a panel sponsored by Monthly Review during the Socialist Scholars Conference in New York City in April.] Four years ago, I sat on one of these panels
Give-aways to Go Fish Go Fish, an all out lesbian date movie, is a hip lifestyle comedy that follows the lives of five women as they go on dates, have fashion crises, oversleep, wish for and deal with love. Rose Troche's stunning directorial