Hunger strike seeks to save Penan
On April 15 Swiss rainforest activist Bruno Manser completed his 45th day of a hunger strike calling for a boycott of all imports of tropical timber from the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Manser shared the life
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By Frank Noakes
BUDAPEST — East and central European Social Democratic parties met here on March 12-13 to discuss the problems confronting the region. "For the new Europe" was the latest in a series of conferences hosted by the Hungarian
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — As the April 25 referendum approaches, Russian President Boris Yeltsin's authority is crumbling in the country's provinces, regions and constituent republics. Already a persistent feature of Yeltsin's presidency,
Let slip the dogs of film
Reservoir Dogs
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
Coming soon to Kino, Melbourne
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
A pretty explosive first film by Quentin Tarantino, who may well fancy himself Scorsese's
Democrats
Workers rush up and down the granite stairs of the house being built for President Yeltsin and his administration on Ulitsa Osennaya 4 ...
"I have not worked on such a chic house in the 30 years I have been in the business",
How we do it in the West
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was set up three years ago to aid the battered economies of eastern Europe. According to Peter Smark, writing in the April 15 Sydney Morning Herald, the bank has so
Sweet Old World
Lucinda Williams
Chameleon through Festival
Take Your Medicine
The Gadflys
Phantom Records
Unhappy Hour
The Leisuremasters
Session Records (Phone (02) 365 4217)
Reviewed by Colin Hesse
Back in the '70s —
By Monique Choy
The Nurrungar '93 action involved around 700 demonstrators making the long journey into the desert 400 km north-west of Adelaide over the Easter weekend. They included speakers from the Kokotha people (traditional custodians
Spindler calls for defence inquiry
By Joseph O'Reilly
After being arrested for trespass at the Nurrungar Easter protest, Senator Sid Spindler, the Democrats' defence spokesperson, announced he was introducing a private member's bill to
Anti-Kennett rally for May 5
By Pip Hinman
MELBOURNE — Public sector unions are planning a rally on May 5 against the Kennett government's recent horror mini-budget. Among other cuts, it forecast the slashing of another 15,000 jobs and
Once is enough?
Once a Catholic
By Mary O'Malley
Directed by Jocelyn Speight
The Rep Theatre, Newtown, Sydney
Until May 8
Reviewed by Alwyn Lewis
Once a Catholic takes a humorous look at the bewildering dichotomy of education
By David Llewellyn
WOLLONGONG — Threatened industrial action by Public Sector Union members here in support of an unfairly dismissed fellow worker has forced DSS back to a Human Rights Commission hearing it had walked out of.
In July
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