GLW issue 193, published 1995-07-05.

News briefs

Irons for prisoners Prisoners chained in leg-irons at Barwon prison are considering action against the Victorian Department of Correctional Services on the basis that the use of leg-irons is an abuse of human rights. The Victorian Criminal Justice

On the box

How to Save the Earth — First in a six-part documentary series on preserving tropical rainforests, stopping global warming, feeding the world, cutting air pollution and slowing down the rate of consumption of the world's resources. SBS, Sunday,

Action updates

Community radio rally ADELAIDE — On June 21, local bands, students, political activists, migrant groups and many others made up a 400-strong crowd on the steps of Parliament House to show their support for community radio. Annual funding of

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This issue, next issue You may have noticed that this week's Green Left Weekly pages are a little smaller — about one centimetre shorter than usual. This is due to a newsprint shortage which has left our printer with insufficient quantities of

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Australian News

Socialists call for 'people before profit'

Socialists call for 'people before profit' By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Brisbane Central, Zanny Begg, called for the creation of "a new kind of government based on putting the interests of

Law and order, environment feature in Queensland election

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Law and order and the environment are becoming the main battlegrounds over which the Queensland state election on July 15 is being fought. Labor and the National-Liberal Coalition are competing over who has the

Further Australian News

International News

World Court ruling: it's up to us now

On June 30 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that it had no jurisdiction to decide on Portugal's challenge to the Indonesia-Australia Timor Gap Treaty. This, the court said, was because it could not decide on the nature of

Russian no-confidence vote points to fresh battles

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — The Budyonnovsk hostage crisis soon merged into the most ominous constitutional stand-off in Russia since October 1993. The political battle opened up on June 21 when the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian

Further International News

Editorial

No aberration

No aberration The controversy over the appointment of Lieutenant General Herman Mantiri as Indonesia's ambassador to Australia may be a little confusing to the Suharto dictatorship. After all, Mantiri has only carried through policies on East

Cultural Dissent

South Africa: waiting for the revolution

The Revolution Deferred: The Painful Birth of Post-Apartheid South Africa By Martin J. Murray Verso, London, 1994. 270pp., $39.95 pb Reviewed by Norm Dixon Martin Murray has written arguably the best book yet about the complicated series

A brilliant return for Piaf

Piaf: The Songs and Story in Concert With Jeannie Lewis The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House, until Aug 1. Reviewed by Francesca Davidson Piaf is brilliant. Directed by Ted Robinson, the show played in the 1980s to rave reviews, and the 1995

Further Cultural Dissent

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