A glimpse behind the figleaf
A good deal of the decisions that most affect our lives are made in secretive and confidential meetings by senior corporate executives — those with the power to invest, speculate, close down factories and
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Sisulu Jnr to head SABC
South Africa's public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), which became notorious for its role as the mouthpiece of apartheid and its rigid political and moral censorship, is to be headed by
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Some 67% of Russians, a recent survey discovered, have no savings. Those who do have money saved up protect it against inflation through a variety of methods. These include depositing it in savings banks or in the
The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Briagde: Americans in the Spanish Civil War
By Peter N Carroll
Stanford University Press 1994, 440 pp., $35.00 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936 with General Franco's
A how-to on saving oiled birds
Rescue and Rehabilitation of Oiled Birds
A field manual by Erna Walraven
Available from Taronga Zoo PO Box 20, Mosman 2088
$30 pus $8 postage
Reviewed by John Tognolini
How do you pick up a Wandering
Eva Bacon 1909-1994
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — A moving memorial gathering was held here on August 6 for Eva Bacon, a well-known activist for womens' rights and the left over many decades. Eva died on July 23, aged 84.
Many of Bacon's
Campaign to revoke Timor Gap Treaty launched
By Alex Bainbridge
MELBOURNE — A national petition campaign calling on the Australian government to revoke the Timor Gap Oil Treaty was launched here on August 9. This campaign coincides with a
Human nature and society
Bad Boy Bubby
Directed by Rolf de Heer
Screening at Wallis Theatres, Adelaide
Reviewed by Anthony Thirlwall
Bad Boy Bubby has been in his room for 35 years. He knows only three living things — his mother,
Many of the main voices in the drive for "sustainable development" have an agenda that most environmentalists would reject if it were made explicit. DR SHARON BEDER, of the University of Wollongong's Department of Science and Technology Studies,
Gettysburg
Written and directed by Ronald Maxwell
Turner Pictures
Starring Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels
Pitt Centre, Sydney for two weeks from September 8
Astor Cinema, Melbourne for two weeks from October 9
Reviewed by
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