Doing the block
Written by John Romeril
Music by Irene Vela
Directed by David Carlin
Thursday to Saturday until May 28
George Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre, Melbourne
Reviewed by Sofi Chapman
The "block" in question is a Melbourne
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By Tom Kelly
WELLINGTON — The question whether the New Zealand Greens should go it alone or remain within the five-party Alliance was the key focus of debate at the Greens' annual conference, held here on the weekend of May 14-15.
After
Comment by Iain Aitken
Lisa Macdonald's polemic characterisation of postmodernism as another form of bourgeois individualism (GLW #139) fails to recognise the polymorphous nature of postmodernism and the potential it offers for radical politics.
The United Nations Security Council, at US direction, has announced an economic embargo of Haiti. President Bill Clinton has hinted broadly at military invasion if the embargo is not sufficient to force withdrawal of the military rulers who overthrew
Go-ahead for Kuranda Skyrail
By Kate Minnett
Federal minister for the environment John Faulkner on May 13 announced government approval for the 7.5km cableway, the Kuranda Skyrail, near Cairns.
It was also announced that there will be
By Frank Noakes
Rupert Murdoch's News Limited (more accurately Limited News) is one of the biggest media empires the world has known. Its Australian chief executive, Ken Cowley, told the parliamentary inquiry into the print media: "We take the
This is an abridged version of a talk presented at the International Green Left Conference in April by CARL BLOICE, a National Executive member of the Committees of Correspondence (USA). It was one of three talks on a panel presentation on the topic
SAM WATSON of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Brisbane was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by John Nebauer on May 20.
Can you outline what happened on the night in question?
On Tuesday, May 10, between 3 and 4am, three Aboriginal
Killers in blue
By Jolyon Campbell
Victoria has been the scene of an alarming wave of homicides. Two shootings in the past week bring to 24 the number of people shot dead by Victorian police since 1988.
In episodes the police persist
By Lara Pullin
The April 18 NSW Supreme Court ruling by Justice Newman that abortion is illegal in that state has caused a furore in the ACT mainly because it is unclear how the ACT will be affected.
In the first instance, it is seen as a