GLW issue 70, published 1992-09-09.

The new music of Zimbabwe

Viva! Zimbabwe — Dance Music from Zimbabwe Various artists Hannibal records through Festival Available on CD and cassette Reviewed by Norm Dixon Mention Zimbabwean music, and the band that most people will think of is the Bhundu Boys. The

Penalty rate cuts hit young

Penalty rate cuts hit young By Sean Lennon MELBOURNE — Young workers in the hospitality industry would be hardest hit if the employers' challenges to penalty rates before the industrial courts succeed, according to the Victorian Trades

Aid to PNG 'misdirected'

By Norm Dixon Powes Parkop is a lecturer in law at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby and a member of the radical Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) organisation. Together with progressive lawyers and other grassroots activists, he

How Israel controls the news

How Israel controls the news Palestinian media agencies seeking to transmit the truth of what is happening the occupied territories must play a complicated game to negotiate the very tight restrictions under which they are forced to work.

Further

Australian News

WA budget follows Keating's course

A budget follows Keating's course By Stephen Robson PERTH — Following in the footsteps of the federal budget, the Lawrence government brought down a slightly expansionary budget on September 1. With a state election expected in February,

Record number of independents in Victoria

By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — One hundred and eighty-two independents had nominated for the October 3 Victorian elections when nominations closed on September 4. This is not surprising: the last Saulwick Age Poll (September 1 and 2) showed that

Further Australian News

International News

IMF loan to Albania

IMF loan to Albania The IMF on August 26 announced approval of a $US29 million loan to Albania — its first since Albania became a member last October. The announcement said that the country's economy had suffered such collapse since 1990 that

Cambodia's years of chaotic change

By Lenore Tardif Mark Deasey has worked with Quaker Service Australia in Cambodia for the past four years. Back in Australia, he talked to Green Left Weekly about the changes he has witnessed and his view of the peace process. "When I

Further International News

Editorial

Labor's sinking ship

Labor's sinking ship The parade of former prime ministers on the ABC's AM program last week was enough to show to what extent the political landscape has altered for the worse after 10 years of Labor dominance in state and federal parliaments.

Cultural Dissent

Making good use of the didgeridoo

Making good use of the didgeridoo Didgeridoo Dreaming Alastair Black Jarra Hill/Larrikin Records Available on CD and cassette Didgeridoo Fusion BushGiants Jarra Hill/Larrikin Records Available on cassette Reviewed by Cameron Parker

Modern Poetry

Modern Poetry em = By Rosemary Evans poetry = I can't stand poetry = poetry like this, poetry = which is really just poetry = chopped-up prose poetry = masquerading as verse. poetry = poetry is first cousin to music; poetry = it should

Further Cultural Dissent

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