By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Since tanks of the armed forces finally blew away Russia's parliament on October 4, President Boris Yeltsin has moved swiftly to suspend, disband or intimidate the major potential sources of opposition to his rule.
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By Dave Riley
The tradition of science — the science we are used to — looks upon events in terms of constituent parts. We find out about the whole by cutting it up into individual bits and pieces. Each bit has its own intrinsic properties,
250 at Women in Asia conference
By Helen Jarvis
MELBOURNE — The Fourth Women in Asia Conference was held at the University of Melbourne October 1-3. More than 250 people (including about 10 men) attended.
Women came from throughout
Kennett to close more schools
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — At least another 159 state schools are to be closed in Victoria according to an announcement by the Kennett government on October 15. Teachers' unions warn that the real number to
By Ana Kailis
AUCKLAND — 1400 people packed into the Civic Theatre on October 10 for the campaign launch of the Alliance (Democrats, Greens, the Maori party Mana Motuhake, NewLabour, Liberals). Alliance candidates speak on their environmental,
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — "Australia and its citizens ... have an opportunity before them to do something about the dispossession and alienation of Aboriginal people. If Australia doesn't at this particular time pick it up, then this
By Norm Dixon
In August tens of thousands of people flock to the capital of Scotland from all parts of the world. They come to celebrate the curious and sad fact that the subjugated people of Scotland have provided the cannon fodder and shock
International Playhouse: Every Traveller Has Some Luggage — A radio play by Carlos Cerda. Chilean writer Carlos Cerda spent 10 years in political exile in Germany. He returned to Chile in 1984 to write this play. The play's main character finds the
By Lisa Macdonald
Members of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) held a 24-hour strike on October 14 which closed university campuses around the country. The strike was the first action in an industrial campaign to protect
What's it like?
By Brandon Astor JOnes
"What's it like to be an African-American male in America?" Well, come with me on a non-fictional walk through Washington, DC, and I'll tell you how it's been for me.
The distinct hum of an
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