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By Frank Enright Unemployment is growing in all the advanced industrial countries despite several of these economies coming out of recession. In March, ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7), the most powerful industrial countries, met in
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — At 9.50am on Sunday, April 24, central Johannesburg was rocked by a massive car bomb aimed at the African National Congress's national and regional headquarters. The blast was clearly audible from Green Left
By Dave Wright MELBOURNE — 800 to 1000 students attended a march and rally on April 28 to protest against the Kennett Liberal government's introduction on Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation. The Tertiary Education Amendment Bill
This week Green Left Weekly devotes eight pages to reports and analysis of the historic first democratic election in South Africa. The eight pages will give you background, history and interviews that you won't read anywhere else. The victory of
Melbourne singer/songwriter Penelope Swayles, after blitzing the Adelaide Fringe Festival with the Melbourne Indi Women's Gang, is now on her first formal tour. One of Australia's best new political musicians promises east coast dwellers
By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — With Northern Territory elections to be held later this year, the campaign against excessive military aircraft noise has become a hot issue for local politicians. Recent meetings of the Aircraft Noise Abatement
Goss resists repealing abortion laws By Susan Price BRISBANE — In the recent review of the Criminal Code, initiated by attorney general Deane Wells to bring Queensland's laws "into the 21st century", sections which cover abortion were
Green Left Weekly's NORM DIXON spoke to movement activists about their feelings as they cast their votes in the historic democratic elections. Nombonisa Gasa, head of the ANC's Commission on the Emancipation of Women: When I got my first
Sweet Flowers of Perversity Devised and directed by Rainsford Universal Theatre, Fitzroy, until May 8 Reviewed by Sue Bolton Sweet Flowers of Perversity is a Butoh-based production. Butoh originated in Japan following World War II as a
Intimidation and racism By Brandon Astor Jones At 10.10pm on March 31, William Henry Hance was pronounced dead, his scorched corpse still strapped to Georgia's electric chair. Hance was more than a little mentally impaired. Georgia law
Half the machine? A campaign to achieve parliamentary gender equity in the ALP was launched at a conference of Labor women in Perth last November. Since that time, women ALPers have been campaigning to pass resolutions requiring 40% of Labor
Isn't prevention better than cure? By Natascha Heuer PERTH — During the first term of the school year, the Family Planning Association of Western Australia held a Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health (PASH) course, about sexuality and other