GLW issue 101, published 1993-05-26.

Action updates

ADELAIDE — About 80 people on May 19 heard Renate Klein, an academic from Deakin University and representative of Feminist International Resistance Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering, speak on Women and Reproductive

Subversion in Melbourne

By Peter Boyle After hearing about Tanner '88 — the six-hour TV serial that inspired Tim Robbins' Bob Roberts — at the launch of Melbourne's 42nd International Film Festival (June 4-18), I went to see Bob Roberts. Now I have to see

Battle to protect Rudall River Park

By Anne Pavy The Rudall River National Park has been described as a "three-act nightmare" for the mining giant CRA: uranium, in a national park, and on Aboriginal land. The state Liberal government has authorised CRA to go ahead with

Write on

UN and Cambodia Of all the crimes against humanity committed in the name of the UN (Gulf War, Bosnia etc) by far the worst is the role of the UN in Cambodia as detailed by John Pilger in his latest film Return To Year Zero. Despite their

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Australian News

Wollongong fights cuts in incest services

Wollongong fights cuts in incest services By Sarah Harris WOLLONGONG — Two hundred people gathered in the Town Hall on May 13 to demand an increase in incest services for Wollongong and the Illawarra region. The public meeting was

Rally for Bougainville

Rally for Bougainville By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — The lawns of Victoria Barracks were adorned with crosses on May 21 as part of a protest against Australian military assistance to Papua New Guinea in its war against the people of

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International News

Brazilian environmentalists assassinated

Brazilian environmentalists assassinated Two prominent environmentalists in Brazil have been murdered within a few days of each other. Paulo Cesar Vinha, 37, biologist and long-time activist of the Brazilian environmental movement, was

Sri Lankans vote for democracy

Sri Lankans vote for democracy By S. Piyasena After 16 years of extreme right-wing rule, four of them under the government of slain dictator R. Premadasa, the people of Sri Lanka have overwhelmingly voted for the restoration of

Further International News

Editorial

The rich and their apologists

The rich and their apologists Business Review Weekly last week published its list of the richest 200 people in Australia, pleased to announce that their combined fortunes have increased in the past 12 months by 10.9%, to $21.3 billion.

Cultural Dissent

Women Performing

Women Performing By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Women here have been able to enjoy a variety of cultural forms, by women artists, in a relaxed, smoke-free environment for more than a year now. "Women Performing", a collective

Analysing the analysts

Against Therapy By Jeffrey Masson London: Fontana. 1990 Final Analysis By Jeffrey Masson London: Fontana. 1992 Reviewed by Chris Slee Jeffrey Masson is a former psychoanalyst who began to question the theory and practice. He was

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