GLW issue 187, published 1995-05-17.

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. The Quiz Show Scandal — For the first time in 30 years,

Amnesty report on gay imprisonment

Amnesty report on gay imprisonment By Deirdre Graham At least 15 countries around the world are still imprisoning people for being gay, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. Australia, Russia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Iran

Women's rights and foetal rights

By Lisa Macdonald "Foetal Welfare and the Law", a report released late last month, stems from an inquiry commissioned in 1993 by the Australian Medical Association. It followed several incidents in which women who were about to give birth had

Appeal against nuclear weapons

Appeal against nuclear weapons In December, the United Nations voted to ask the World Court to give an advisory opinion on whether nuclear weapons are legal or illegal. This adjudication should happen in September, and the World Court

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Australian News

MIM attacks union, locks out miners

MIM attacks union, locks out miners By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — The deepening confrontation between Mt Isa mineworkers and mining giant MIM Holdings Ltd moved toward a crisis as the company locked out its entire work force on the morning

Cuban youth leader to tour

Cuban youth leader to tour By Roberto Jorquera Alejandro Herrera Agete from the Union of Young Communists (UJC) in Cuba will be in Sydney from May 23 to June 2. His visit, which will include a series of student and public meetings on the

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International News

English fans fight Murdoch's Super League

By Mick Griffiths WAKEFIELD — On April 12 a historic meeting was organised as rival fans from all three local rugby league teams in the Wakefield district joined forces in what we hope will only have to be a temporary alliance. Supporters

Latin American states discuss nuclear issues

The 14th general conference of the Organisation to Ban Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Vina del Mar, Chile, for the first time with the participation of the 33 nations of the subcontinent, pledged to help strengthen the

Further International News

Editorial

Nuclear testing

Nuclear testing The lives of the people of Moruroa and Fangataufa in the South Pacific are in more danger following the election of the new French president. Jacques Chirac has signalled his intention to break the 1992 moratorium and resume

Cultural Dissent

Dr Lust and friends on law reform

Prostitutes Speak Out Produced and directed by Phyllis Jane Rose Reviewed by Penny Saunders Attending the May Day presentation of "Prostitutes Speak Out" at the Lion Arts Centre in Adelaide allowed me to catch up with long-time acquaintance

An eloquent defence of Aboriginal self-determination

Aboriginal Autonomy: Issues and Strategies By H.C. Coombs Cambridge University Press, 1994. 251 pp., $25 (pb) Reviewed by Chris Martin Perhaps the most influential and eloquent white advocate of Aboriginal self-determination, H.C. "Nugget"

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