By Tom Kelly
The 49th anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima was commemorated in a number of Australian cities on August 6. The occasion served to highlight the threat to humanity and the environment posed
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Count ourselves lucky?
"Even though we ended up with a boom and a recession which followed ... it could have been catastrophic." Paul Keating explaining how the ALP's skills in managing economic policy avoided hardship and economic turmoil.
Rwanda formally won independence from Belgium in 1962. Since then the country has been run by neo-colonial puppet governments financed and armed along divide-and-rule lines first by Belgium and, from 1975, by France. DAVID DORWARD, Director of the
Edward Scissorhands does Bladerunner — badly!
The Crow
Directed by Alex Proyas
Reviewed by Graham Matthews
The Crow could have been a darkly disturbing film, chronicling the decay of the slightly futuristic inner city, in the style of
Fundamental Feminism
By Judith Grant
Routledge 1994
Distributed by the Law Book Company Limited 226 pp., $32.95 (pbk)
Reviewed by Carla Gorton
Judith Grant has embarked on a worthwhile endeavour. She offers a critical exploration of the
Thousands of dollars raised for Cuba
By Eliseo Balcazar and Scott Lewington
MELBOURNE — Four hundred and fifty people attended a July 30 celebration commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. The event, organised by the
ANC Environment Desk chief Tami Sokutu has slammed his party for going back on its environmental promises, saying that those in power appear to want a weak, limited and ineffective ministry and department of the environment.
"Before the
PNG environmentalists reject logging plans
By Freya Pinney
On August 12, the PNG government will consider a Timber Supply Agreement (TSA) proposal. Ursula Rakova, spokesperson for a 14-strong delegation from the Papua New Guinea National
Independent challenges Labor in Williamstown
By Bayardo Rodriguez
MELBOURNE — "Our central aim is to highlight the need to reverse the effects of the last decade of federal and state Labor policies on the west. The ALP's policies of
Women and violence
Your cover story (GLW #153) "Violence Against Women: debate over strategy" by Kath Gelber disturbs me.
From all the reports I have heard, the situation regarding violence against women is presently a worst case scenario
By David McKnight
My recent book Australia's Spies and Their Secrets was written to bring to light some of the hidden history of Australia and the role of the Australian Security intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
I believe it does that. It
About Us: Concrete City — The struggle of the residents of the inner city Sydney suburb of Pyrmont as they try to preserve the character of their area whilst facing huge residential development. SBS, 8.30pm, Wednesday, August 10.
As it
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