Pocket change: an interview
By Brandon Astor Jones
Would you mind telling me how long you were homeless before you came to prison?
Altogether, about five months.
Did you work before you fell on hard times, and if so, what did you
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When Morning Breaks
By Cassandra Fazio
They say the currents are not safe
I long to swing from tree to tree
And still my line is answered with a cold, electrical machine
I dreamt my forest sisters came to take me back
We danced in
The Butterfly CD
Produced and distributed by Stand Against Sexual Assault (SASA), Perth
Featuring 12 contributing bands
Reviewed by Kath Gelber
This compilation has been put together by a group of young people in Perth who are campaigning
Women Out Loud: Beijing or Bust! — If you missed this program last Saturday, you'll be relieved to find it being repeated in the early hours of Wednesday, April 26. 35,000 women are expected to attend the UN conference on women in September.
By Frank Eckardt
MOSTAR — The city is divided between East and West, Muslim and Croat. A charred boulevard of ruins slices it in two. Broad roads run parallel to the Neretva River, just a few dozen metres from the right bank. On the left bank
By Toby Borgeest
JOHANNESBURG — The most serious source of tension in South Africa's national assembly is the Inkatha Freedom Party's (IFP) frequent threats to withdraw from parliamentary and constitution-drafting work — and the occasional
Business
"Frankly, we are thinking of business. My position is that in a world in which people venerate hundreds of Madonnas, one more won't hurt." — The agnostic mayor of Civitavecchia in Italy, explaining his promotion of a Madonna statue which
Something missing
Global Village
Judy Small
Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald
This latest album from Judy Small is disappointing.
A collection of 12 songs, most written by Small with music by Small in
For longer than the pyramids
By Linda Marks
MELBOURNE — April 26 is the ninth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. With each passing year, the devastation caused by the explosion continues as the children exposed to the radiation, and