GLW issue 77, published 1992-10-28.

Eroding memories of childhood

The Long Day Closes Written and directed by Terence Davies Kino, Melbourne, early December Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti Unlike his acclaimed and equally personal film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), Terence Davies' The Long Day Closes,

Wollongong fundraising dinner for Green Left Weekly

WOLLONGONG — A fundraising dinner for Green Left Weekly, organised by the Democratic Socialist Party on October 17, was attended by more than 80 people. Pictured in Margaret Perrott, DSP candidate for Throsby in the next federal election. Photo

Loose cannons

Bring back Pig-iron Bob "If export market intelligence for the region to our north, which I suspect already resides in the defence intelligence organisation, can be made available to Australian Industry on request, and, without going overboard,

Action updates

MELBOURNE — The campaign to defend the Austudy Five has called for supporters to rally from 9.30 a.m. at Brunswick Magistrates Court on November 2 and November 23. The five, members of the International Socialist Organisation arrested after an

Further

Australian News

Rallies against war production

Rallies against war production By Sean Lennon MELBOURNE — Several demonstrations have been held as part of a week of activities around the "airshow" at Avalon Airport on Melbourne's outskirts. The demonstrations have highlighted the fact

Developers flatten endangered species bill

By Peter Anderson Endangered species legislation now before federal cabinet may still be accepted by environment organisations "with reservations". But if the public's "third-party" rights to challenge development proposals were removed and

Further Australian News

International News

Moscow discovers a growth industry

By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — "We haven't had a single case of a woman being murdered", the head of a Moscow callgirl agency boasted recently to a reporter for the journal Business World. For Russian gangsters dissatisfied with the returns

Vigil against blockade

Vigil against blockade By Norm Dixon SYDNEY — Fourteen-year-old Kirrallee Gillespie, braving bitterly cold wind and rain, began a lone vigil outside the Papua New Guinea consulate on October 20. She has vowed to remain until PNG's consul

Further International News

Editorial

Permanent unemployment

Permanent unemployment The prospect facing up to 2 million people in this country that they might never again have a steady job, or a job at all, is becoming a more and more threatening reality. Last week the Reserve Bank and the Treasury

Cultural Dissent

The making of 'Manufacturing Consent'

By Tracy Sorensen "You hope you can have a few screenings of your film, and maybe get it on TV somewhere", says Canadian film maker Mark Achbar. "But for a feature-length documentary on what for many people is an obscure American intellectual

Oedipus meets Romeo and Juliet

Oedipus meets Romeo and Juliet Tilaï Written and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo Starring Rasmane Ouedraogo, Ina Cisse, Roukietou Barry and Assane Ouedraogo Season begins October 30, AFI Cinema, Paddington Reviewed by Norm Dixon Viewers

Further Cultural Dissent

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