By Dave Riley
When I left school at the end of 1966 I had two passions — theatre and politics. But they seemed contrary to one another. While I was able to indulge my dramatic bent at university, my political commitment was much more
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Candidate urges support for Mt Isa
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — Zanny Begg, the Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Brisbane Central in the upcoming state elections, has urged continuing solidarity with the Mt Isa workers.
In
Racial Hatred Bill
Lisa Macdonald's "Issues" story (GLW 19th May 1995) "What's wrong with the Racial Hatred Bill", is spot on.
Whilst not wanting to get up the nose of a group of people who seem to take great delight in bashing the shit out
By Max Lane
Twenty-one people were detained for several days following demonstrations on May 1 in Jakarta and Semarang. The demonstrations involved at least 1500 workers and students organised by the Centre for Working Class Struggle (PPBI) and
By Melanie Sjoberg
The 1990s have been hailed as the beginning of the "Asian century". We find feature articles in journals like Far East Economic Review titled "Getting in Tune with Asia", and "Dawn of a New Generation". There is no doubt that
By Lisa Macdonald
May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women's Health. This annual event, part of the Campaign to Prevent Maternal Mortality and Morbidity, was launched in 1987. The 1995 call for action focuses on the feminisation of
The Long Black Veil
The Chieftains
RCA
Reviewed by Bernie Brian
The Chieftains were bringing Irish traditional music to world audiences long before the recent upsurge in interest in Irish music and certainly before WOMAD existed. They have
Les Patriotes
Directed by Eric Rochant
At the Academy Twin in Sydney and Cinema Como in Melbourne from May 25
Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson
Many fawning journalistic words have been written about Israel's secret service agency, the
GREG BETTS is Queensland state secretary of the FEDFA and assistant district secretary of the CFMEU (the amalgamation of these unions is not yet complete on the state level). He was interviewed about the Mt Isa struggle by ANDREW WATSON.
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In an effort to curb signs of student activity, facilities management at Northern Territory University closed student bars and cafes and wrapped black plastic around poster poles to prepare for the 1995 graduation ceremony on May 5. They also wrote
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