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Growing up alienated

Only the brave Directed by Anna Kokkinos Starring Elena Mandalis and Dora Kaskanis Reviewed by Jenny Long This film won best film in the Dendy Awards for Australian short films during the 1994 Sydney Film Festival, and I went to it with

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For some time now, Green Left has been plugged into the information superhighway. Through the Pegasus network, we draw information and the occasional article and upload the text of the paper each week. Those with access have been able to read

Two weeks in the hole

By Brandon Astor Jones It is cold in the little cubicle that bears the number 38. It is January 11, and I am in the far end of H-Cell House. Ordering me into the filthy cell, the corrections officer (CO) said, "I'll give you some things to clean

Unionists against logging of old growth forests

The statement below is being circulated for signatures in the union movement. Its initial sponsors (as individuals) are Ian Thompson, secretary of the WA branch of the Community and Public Sector Union, Glenn Ferguson, secretary of the Australasian

Bertolt Brecht: the man who never was

The Life and Lies of Bertolt Brecht By John Fuegi Harper Collins. 732 pp., $39.95, (hb) Reviewed by Dave Riley As the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, word went out that this action drew on the inspiration of "the three B's" — Biermann,

Building workers strike over pay claim

Building workers strike over pay claim By John Nebauer BRISBANE — More than 3000 CFMEU and BLF members voted to strike at a mass meeting in Brisbane on February 22. The strike, which is scheduled to last until midnight on February 26, is

No Aircraft Noise Party launched

No Aircraft Noise Party launched By Janet Parker SYDNEY — More than 1000 people packed out Marrickville Town Hall for the launch of the No Aircraft Noise Party on February 21. The new party is contesting six lower house seats affected by

Aiding women's development in Sudan

Nawal Hassan Osman is touring Australia this month, sponsored by Community Aid Abroad. The tour focuses primarily on her work as director of the Grinding Mills Project for rural women's development in Sudan. However, she is also an outspoken

... and ain't i a woman?: Sexuality

Sexuality By Kath Gelber Those publications euphemistically called "women's magazines" tend to prey on and propagate the worst of our insecurities — about our size, our shape, our ability to communicate, our employability, our culinary

Poem: Timor

Poem: Timor em = By John Tomlinson Chorus: Obrigado, thankyou, grazie East Timor will be free the people of this troubled world will end their tyranny. Don't look away don't hide your eyes or turn your faces to the wall 200,000

Thousands in Perth rally for forests and jobs

Thousands in Perth rally for forests and jobs By Anne Pavy Eight thousand people braved 40 degree temperatures to attend the "Ancient Forests/New Jobs — we can have them both" rally and march on the Perth esplanade on February 19. The

Consultative committees: 'empowering' workers?

The latest buzz word in industrial relations is "consultative committee". DAVE MIZON examines the issues. The concept of consultative committees is nothing new — they were used in the USA in the late '40s in an attempt to coopt workers and