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Wild spaces and strong actions

Review by Ben Courtice More than 20 films and shorts were screened during the four sessions of the Wild Spaces Film Festival in Hobart on February 15 and 16. The films varied in theme and style, covering environmental issues from Canada to Nigeria

ACF slams Borbidge over Hinchinbrook

ACF slams Borbidge over Hinchinbrook By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Australian Conservation Foundation has slammed Premier Rob Borbidge over a letter he sent to federal Environment Minister Senator Robert Hill demanding an end to World Heritage

Compelling viewing, words optional

The WestAn eight-part documentarySBS TV, Sundays 7.30pm (7 in SA) beginning March 2. Review by Allen Myers If you watch the first episode of The West, I strongly recommend turning off the sound for the first 10 minutes. That way you can enjoy some

Lenin and the Bolsheviks

Lenin and the Revolutionary PartyBy Paul Le BlancWith an introduction by Ernest MandelHumanities Press, 1990, 1993. 417 pp. $40 (pb) Review by Karl Miller This book is an excellent, detailed study of the Bolshevik party. Le Blanc examines the

'University of the year' to strike

'University of the year' to strike By Helen Jarvis SYDNEY — National Tertiary Education and Industry Union members at the University of NSW on February 19 voted not to begin teaching at the start of the 1997 academic year, but instead to strike

Pornography, politics or Hollywood hype?

The People vs Larry FlyntDirected by Milos FormanScreenplay by Scott Alexander and Larry KaraszewskiNational release from February 20 Review by Jonathon Strauss A movie of a man crucified, figuratively, in the US, or an excuse for an orgy of soft

Socialists make a splash at UQ

By Roberto Jorquera BRISBANE — Orientation week was held at the University of Queensland from February 16 to 19. During that week, Resistance held vibrant stalls that attracted hundreds of people interested in socialist politics. More than 150

Socialists reject work for dole for Brisbane City Council

Socialists reject work for dole for Brisbane City Council Socialists reject work for dole for Brisbane City Council By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "We are standing against the two major parties on a platform of People Before Profits", Coral Wynter

Brunswick Music Festival

Brunswick Music Festival By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — The eighth Brunswick Music Festival kicks off on February 28 with Festivals Australia Indigenous Sounds, a weekend dedicated to the indigenous music and culture of Australia. The event

Poem: Gold card people

Poem: Gold card people Gold card people Gold card people just live to buy Plastic people tag along for the ride Only real people earn free flybuys But working people just sweat and cry they serve the tables they pour the wine

British anti-roads campaigner tours

MELBOURNE — JASON TORRANCE is a British anti-roads campaigner who now lives in Australia. Torrance will be speaking here on March 6 at "Global Insights", an evening of environmental news clips gathered from alternative media around the world, at

5000 at risk from AIDS in PNG

5000 at risk from AIDS in PNG AIDS may kill more than 5000 people in Papua New Guinea by the year 2000, according to a report released in Port Moresby on February 14. The report, by the United Nations Fund for Children and the PNG government,