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Rocky road for new Russian constitution

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Boris Yeltsin's campaign to concentrate near-absolute power in his own hands as president is to reach an important landmark on July 12. The Constitutional Assembly which Yeltsin summoned in order to legitimise his

Madonna in academe

The Madonna Connection: Representational politics, sub-cultural identities and cultural theory Edited by Cathy Schwichtenberg Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1993. 336 pp. $19.95 pb Review by Melanie Sjoberg Love her or hate her, nearly

US role in Salvadoran atrocities

US role in Salvadoran atrocities The US embassy in San Salvador directly assisted in at least one death squad disappearance, according to Lauren Gilbert, who coordinated investigations for the UN Truth Commission. Gilbert told the US

Chernobyl: the problems won't go away

By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — "I'm standing before a sign: Construction Administration of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The name of this modest little town is to be transferred to one of the giants of nuclear power generation ... The

New political trials in Indonesia

By Max Lane Three student activists from the democratic movement are now on trial in central Java. Two of the students were charged in relation to an open forum they organised in May 1992, during the general elections. The forum,

The media and the socialist left

By Jose Gutierrez Have the media in Australia ever been "democratic"? Regular readers of Green Left Weekly would probably answer, "No: that's why I read GLW". I agree. But there are other media that also qualify under the "democratic"

A glimpse of old Cuba

By Peter Boyle Joan Coxsedge, the left-wing former Labor MP, says she had been wanting to visit Cuba for ages before she finally made her first visit in February 1992. "I wore two hats. One was as a long-time political activist keen to meet

South African cops invented 'necklace' murders

By Norm Dixon An inquest into the 1985 murders of several political activists by South African security forces has heard evidence that police pioneered the grisly practice of "necklacing". South Africa's progressive weekly New Nation

Environment and social justice in El Salvador

Dr RICARDO NAVARRO, president and executive director of CESTA (the Salvadoran Centre for Appropriate Technology), is being toured around Australia and New Zealand by the Overseas Services Bureau. CESTA was founded in 1980 in response to the

Anti-choice movement exploits media law

By Joy McEntee Hobart — Five churches in the Hobart suburb of Moonah, where the state's only independent abortion clinic is located, have mounted an inter-denominational roster of weekly prayer meetings for mothers and unborn children.

A well-earned happy ending

The Heartbreak Kid Directed by Michael Jenkins Written by Richard Barrett and Michael Jenkins With Claudia Karvan, Alex Dimitriades, Steven Bastoni, Nico Lathouris At Hoyts Cinemas Reviewed by Max Lane Heartbreak Kid packs a lot

Protest against US bombing of Baghdad

Protest against US bombing of Baghdad By Jenny Long SYDNEY — Around 120 people gathered outside the US Consulate on June 29 to protest against the cruise missile bombing of Baghdad by the United States. The protest, which was called by