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Needing a few more cuts

Needing a few more cuts Fine cut: All out comedy SBS TV Monday, February 28, 11.15 p.m. (10.45 Adelaide) Reviewed by Lou Stanley Being gay doesn't mean that you're happy or for that matter funny. All out comedy is a reminder that

Bougainville to be discussed by UN body

By Frank Enright The war against the people of Bougainville has been accepted on the agenda of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) for this year in Geneva. The Bougainville interim government representative to the UN, Mike

Richmond: fact versus fiction

Comment by Ruben Montero MELBOURNE — The campaign centred on the Richmond Secondary College was described by Frank Hardy before his death as one of the most inspiring working-class struggles in Australia since the 1890s strikes. The true

Radio highlights

Open Learning — The New World Disorder — This program furthers the analysis of the "displacement of ideology" as the central organising principle of many communities and the rise of ethnic and nationalist-inspired strife. ABC Radio National,

Trade and US foreign policy

PETER CAMEJO is chairperson of Earth Trade, a San Francisco-based import/export company specialising in environmentally sustainable development. He will be a featured guest speaker at the International Green Left Conference from March 31 to April 4

Ruling against Colombian president

Ruling against Colombian president BOGOTA — Colombian President Cesar Gaviria may have to stand trial for the unauthorised presence of US troops in Colombian territory. On February 9 Colombia's Council of State unanimously ruled that

Indigenous people organise in Guatemala

By Robyn Marshall Leoncio Sanic Simon is president of the Guatemalan peasant organisation People of Corn, or Achim Ixim. Achim Ixim was founded by Sanic and others in 1990 to help indigenous peasants who have been displaced from their homes by

Greens candidate identifies issues in Fremantle

By Stephen Robson PERTH — When nominations for the by-election in the federal seat of Fremantle closed on February 15, only four names were on the ballot, including candidates for the ALP, Liberals and the Greens (WA). The Australian Democrats

Viva Zapata!

Zapata, Dead or Alive SBS TV Friday, March 4, 8.30 p.m. (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Peter Boyle Even before the surprise Zapatista uprising in Mexico on New Year's Day, there were Mexicans who believed that the legendary revolutionary leader

Looking out: Bougainville

Bougainville By Brandon Astor Jones Yellow Cake, Yellow Cake Where have you been? I've been asleep in the ground Not part of the scene. But now I'm awake, I can sing, I can shout, Innuendo, Crescendo, As to what it's all

Uranium scare in SA

Uranium scare in SA By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE — Western Mining Corporation on February 14 revealed a contamination alert at its huge uranium and copper mine, Olympic Dam, in the north-west of the state. The alert was sparked by

Victorian teachers still waiting for award

Victorian teachers still waiting for award By Elisabeth Thomas MELBOURNE — At a branch delegates meeting on February 12, Victorian teachers voted for a campaign of industrial action in response to a delay in granting an interim federal