GLW issue 202, published 1995-09-13.

Youth theatre

SYDNEY — PACT Youth Theatre is presenting a play centring on the lives of inner city youth, The Train Almost Stops at Erskineville. It will run for three nights from September 29 to October 1 at Sydney Street Theatre Space. Entry is free but

Lecture series commemorates socialists in struggle

By Lisa Macdonald The 75th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October will be marked by a range of events being organised by socialists around the country. One of the features of these commemoration activities

Which way forward for the anti-nuclear campaign?

By James Vassilopoulos CANBERRA — Since mid-June, when French President Chirac announced plans to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific, there has been an outpouring of anger by working people across Australia. Here, there have been at least

* Fibreglass: a carcinogen that's everywhere &amp&amp

By Peter Montague An industrial process for making glass fibres was first patented in Russia in 1840. At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Edward Libbey exhibited lamp shades, a dress, and other articles woven from glass fibres. In

Further

Australian News

March to demand an end to deaths in custody

SYDNEY — A march to commemorate the death, 12 years ago, of John Pat, who was killed in the west Pilbara town of Roebourne, Western Australia, will take place on September 23. This annual event also serves as a reminder that Aboriginal deaths in

WA government steps up attacks on teachers

By Anthony Benbow PERTH — In a dispute with the state Liberal government which goes far beyond wages and work conditions, teachers are now in the ninth month of a campaign to improve public education. The State School Teachers Union of WA

Further Australian News

Editorial

Independence for a nuclear-free Pacific

The major mobilisations in Tahiti in recent months have repeatedly stressed the links between the Maohi people's struggle for independence and the struggle for a nuclear-free world. It's obvious that if the Chirac government didn't have the option of

General

NATO backs Bosnian dismemberment with force

By Jennifer Thompson "We have to follow through on our commitment to protect Sarajevo and the other (UN-designated) safe areas", President Clinton said last week. "We cannot allow more innocent civilians to die there. This war has to end by

Bitter lessons of coup in Chile

By Jorge Jorquera Days after the bombing of the presidential house, La Moneda, on September 11, 1973, we still waited for parents and family to return. Tens of thousands of workers had remained in their factories to defend the Salvador Allende

Further General

Cultural Dissent

Radio highlights

Radio National celebrates PNG's 20 years of Papua New Guinea's independence — Throughout the weekend of September 16 and 17, ABC Radio National will be devoting considerable air time to programs emphasising the history, culture and politics of our

Sex, sun and syntax

SYDNEY — Now in its third year, the NSW Writers' Centre Spring Writing Literary Festival on September 16-17 is shaping up to be an exciting combination of innovative programming, professional organising and imaginative use of the heritage venue.

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