By Feizal Samath
KANDY, Sri Lanka — Devi and Ramani left their one- roomed homes in the tea estates at a very young age to work as maids in Colombo. They returned in coffins. They worked for many years with two families. Both were routinely
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Pacific UnionBy Alex BuzoDirected by Aarne NeemeNew Theatre, Newtown, SydneyUntil 7 February Review by Brendan Doyle
Pacific Union tells part of the story of Australia's involvement in the first conference of the United Nations, held in San
Commission fails to protect tuna
By Lisa Macdonald
The future of the critically endangered southern bluefin tuna is now even bleaker after the international body charged with its protection failed yet again to take action to save it. The
January 26 is seen by most people in this country as a day of celebration for the Australian nation. But the reality is that not many of us have much to celebrate — the indigenous among us even less — thanks to the ever more brutal policies of
By Alison Delit
NEWCASTLE — Workers at Rio Tinto's Mt Thorley mine went on strike on January 21 in response to a proposed new enterprise bargaining agreement which breaks award conditions. The main change in the proposed agreement is a move from
By Russell Pickering
CANBERRA — As the February 21 ACT election approaches, there is a real possibility that another minority government will be elected. A recent independent poll has found that minor parties and independents will do well, and
Indonesia's economy in free-fall
By Eva Cheng
On January 22, banks in Indonesia demanded a massive 16,750 rupiahs for every US dollar they put on offer, but paid only 11,000 rupiahs for each dollar sold to them. The banks created the 5750 gap
Looking out: The children
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Standing with reluctant feet,/ Where the brook and river meet,/ Womanhood and childhood fleet!" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 180782
ARE THESE CHRISTIANS?
They demand that I kill many others
details = Prison Songs Volume 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?Various artistsRounder Records (through Festival)
Review by James Smith
John Lomax and his son Alan might best be remembered for travelling across America and discovering Huddie
Paramilitarism and popular resistance in Colombia
By Peter Sullivan
On November 21, a paramilitary group assassinated 15 campesinos in the municipality of Viota in the province of Cundinamarca in Colombia. The people of Viota were considered
By Dave Riley
With six Catholics shot dead after six weeks of a loyalist killing spree, the prospects for a peace settlement in Northern Ireland seem bleaker now than at any time since the current talks began in October. The latest victims were
Repackaging old perspectives
By Nick Soudakoff
At last week's ALP national conference in Hobart, Mark Latham, shadow minister for education and youth affairs, outlined Labor's education policy for the next federal election. Latham said Labor
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