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By Mary Heath Women around Australia have spent the last nine months planning a national peace action to be held over Easter. It will take place at the Australian Defence Industries (ADI) factory in Benalla, north-eastern Victoria. The
By Sam Wainwright BRISBANE — More than 500 people marched and rallied on January 24 against Eastlink, a $1.2 billion project of the Queensland, NSW and federal governments to link the NSW and Queensland electricity grids with 1500 kilometres
The Killing of History: How a Discipline is Being Murdered by Literary Critics and Social Theorists By Keith Windschuttle Macleay, 1994. 266 pp., $39.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Foucault, Barthes, Lyotard, Baudrillard, Derrida, Lacan
Disclosure Directed by Barry Levinson Written by Paul Attanasio (based on the novel by Michael Crichton) Starring Demi Moore and Michael Douglas Reviewed by Karen Fletcher Backlash films certainly get the blood boiling, but they are also
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In the foothills of the Caucasus mountains near Russia's southern border, the battle is still raging for Grozny, the capital of the rebellious Chechen republic. At many other points throughout Chechnya, a popular
Sinead and the Famine Universal Mother Sinead O'Connor Ensign Reviewed by Tyrion Perkins Sinead O'Connor's latest album begins with Germaine Greer speaking about women making politics irrelevant by a spontaneous cooperative action.
By Jennifer Thompson The December 8 conviction and heavy sentencing of eight Kurdish deputies of the Turkish parliament completed a long process of systematic suppression by the Turkish military and governing coalition. Fifteen-year
By Faruk Avdi MELBOURNE — "Sustainable forestry — has come to mean the sustenance of a small number of large timber corporations involved in the chipping and pulpwood sectors ... a principal theme of the industry to preserve — or 'sustain'
Profiting from the Cuba blockade By Jill Hickson Much has been made in the establishment's media of Gareth Evans' recent trip to Cuba. While he cited human rights and debt repayment concerns, the main reason for Evans' trip — the first
A blend of echoes Echoes Under the Bridge: new world music from BEMAC Reviewed by Robyn Marshall This is a new CD from BEMAC, Brisbane's ethnic music centre, the result of a residency and workshops led by Lindsey Pollak over a four-month

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