Noel Counihan: Artist and Revolutionary
By Bernard Smith
Oxford University Press Australia, 1993.
568 pp., $59.95 (hb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
"Knock them off their feet with truth and reality", wrote an artist friend of Noel Counihan
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By Mary Merkenich
BOCHUM - A 17-year-old pupil in Aurich, in the state of Niedersachsen, has had to go into hiding and receive police protection after neo-Nazis terrorised him and his family. This pupil is among 250 German citizens who, because
Happy New Year! 1994, the United Nations International Year of the Family. Isn't it meant to make us feel all warm and gooey inside? Isn't that why special issues of a 50 cent coin and a $5 note are going to be produced?
The family is being
The Long Journey: South Africa's quest for a negotiated settlement
Edited by Steven Friedman
Ravan Press, 1993. 206 pp., R66
Heroes or Villains? Youth politics in the 1980s
By Jeremy Seekings
Ravan Press, 1993. 108 pp., R44
Marabi
Viktor Ivancic, the chief editor of the well-known Croatian opposition satirical magazine Feral Tribune, was forcibly mobilised into the military on January 5.
According to a statement by the editors of Feral Tribune, Ivancic received a call-up
By Jose Gutierrez
Some years ago social psychologist Ignacio Martin Baro wrote that in El Salvador government officials had imposed an "institutionalised lie" upon society, which he defined in general terms as "the systematic screening of
Medical staff, inhabitants and authorities of the besieged Bosnian city of Mostar have addressed an appeal for help to humanitarian organisations throughout the world.
The appeal, made on January 4, was translated and distributed by the Croatian
Youth Subcultures
Edited by Rob White
National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1993
162pp. $28
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
Theoretical or analytical books on subcultures are not commonplace. However, discussion and debate are flourishing in
Conrad Black
Conrad Black (who bought Fairfax) is serialising his autobiography in the Australian. Henry "Napalm" Kissinger is a close friend of Conrad, and described, by Conrad, as "a great man". Conrad's prose style is very reminiscent of the
By Frank Enright
"Amnesty International urges the Government of Australia to halt any further provision of helicopters to the PNGDF and to conduct an immediate review of all military aid to PNG. It recommends that such aid be suspended until the
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