By Children of Prisoners Support Group
The number of women in NSW prisons has increased from 133 in 1982 to 362 in 1993. Even though there has been a steady increase in the number of women imprisoned, they will remain a minority group within the
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Israel responsible for massacre
Barukh Goldstein walked into the Tomb of the Patriarchs mosque in Hebron on February 25 and mercilessly gunned down 54 worshippers, young and old alike. In doing so, Goldstein exposed not only his own burning
Trauma and Recovery
By Judith Lewis Herman
Basic Books 1992
Reviewed by Chris Slee
This book deals with the causes and consequences of psychological trauma, and how survivors can be helped to recover.
Judith Herman is both a
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The terrible prospect of a blood-soaked election campaign in the Natal/KwaZulu region may have receded a little following a meeting in Durban between African National Congress president Nelson Mandela and Inkatha
Karen Lee Wald
HAVANA — One of the pioneers in AIDS education/prevention in Cuba, Raul Llanos Lima, died in Havana on February 20 of cardiac arrest. He was 39 years old. He had tested positive for HIV in 1986 and had lived and worked in Cuba's
In the Name of the Father
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Reviewed by Sean Magill
First of all, do go and see In the Name of the Father. It is a powerful, harrowing and at times uplifting account of an unjust legal system.
The dramatisation of
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Thor Chemicals is again at the centre of a major controversy, this time involving the import into South Africa of toxic wastes. Thor Chemicals is a British-owned company notorious for its callous treatment of black
'Put people first', say socialist candidates
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — "The Brisbane City Council, under the Soorley administration, has put the needs of private developers before people in our inner cities", Ana Kailis, Democratic
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — In the final days of 1993, Professor Alexei Yablokov resigned as Russian President Boris Yeltsin's personal adviser on environmental matters. "I have resigned of my own will", the famed biologist told the paper
By Norrian Rundle
MELBOURNE — Recent cuts to the Victorian ambulance service has cost lives, according to the Ambulance Employees Association. Within one week there were three "avoidable" deaths of people in their 20s and 30s.
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