GLW issue 139, published 1994-04-20.

On the box

True Stories: Angst — This episode focuses on three Jewish comedians whose parents are concentration camp survivors. It combines interviews, glimpses of personal lives of the performers and excerpts from their performances interwoven with

Buthelezi torpedoes peace effort

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, has surely drained the last drop of patience from those here who wanted to believe he could be convinced to accept a peaceful settlement.

Senate 'reform' conceals anti-Green push

By Jonathan Strauss Paul Keating has opened a campaign against election of the Senate by proportional representation. Although not yet advancing any definite proposal, ALP leaders have floated a move to 12 single-member electorates for each

Youth survey on pollies

Youth survey on pollies A nationwide AGB Mcnair survey, commissioned by ABC TV's youth current affairs program Attitudes, gives a big thumbs down to the federal government and politicians in general. Only 2% of the 750 respondents aged

Further

Australian News

School staff work to rule

School staff work to rule By Stephen Robson PERTH — School support staff in Western Australia have begun a work-to-rule campaign to pressure the state government to increase the allocation for staff in the next budget. With the

WA students start education campaign

WA students start education campaign By Mark Lockett PERTH — Following a successful rally on March 22, students in WA are continuing a campaign against the Court government's voluntary student unionism (VSU) legislation. In the march

Further Australian News

International News

Russia: the death rate rises

By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — Every day, there are fewer people in Russia. The country has been seized by an unprecedented demographic decline. For the first time since the second world war, the number of deaths substantially exceeds the

Response to Timor film

Response to Timor film The screening of John Pilger's film Death of A Nation on national television in New Zealand on April 10 brought a flood of phone calls to the East Timor Independence Committee's action line. The Auckland-based group

Further International News

Editorial

A deadly document

A deadly document The Uruguay round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), signed into existence on April 15 by trade ministers from some 120 countries, is a deadly document. It condemns the world's poorest nations to deeper

Cultural Dissent

Musical call for unity and peace

By Norm Dixon DURBAN — Mbongeni Ngema's latest musical extravaganza, Magic at 4am, packed the Natal Playhouse here night after night for weeks until the final matinee performance on April 10. By the time the young cast had swarmed on to the

A sea shepherd's strategy

Earthforce!: An Earth Warrior's Guide to Strategy By Captain Paul Watson Reviewed by Jon Sumby Books about direct action are rare, and when ecodefence author and Earthfirst!er Dave Foreman describes the author as a "strategic genius of

Further Cultural Dissent

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