By Claudine Holt
For nearly a century, the ALP has dominated political life on the left in this country. How to relate to the Labor Party has been a question that has racked the brains of generations of Australian radicals. Is it a vehicle for
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By Norm Dixon
The worldwide uproar over the French government's decision to resume nuclear tests in the Pacific has been fuelled by the violent seizure of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior off Moruroa atoll on July 9. Protests were
Angry scenes at hemp rally
By Mick White
BRISBANE — Twelve people were arrested amidst angry scenes at a July 12 protest against Queensland's marijuana laws. At a rally at King George Square outside the city hall, a crowd of more than
By Pip Hinman
Soon, 50% of all prisoners in Victoria will be in private prisons, according to Shelley Burchfield, a community lawyer at the Coburg-Brunswick Legal Centre.
In June, the Victorian government announced that it would most likely
Opus 1
Pan African Orchestra
Real World through Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
This brilliant, ambitious and beautiful recording is a welcome reminder that it is crude and inadequate to bunch the complex and varied musical
By Lisa Macdonald
The taking to the streets of tens of thousands of Australians on July 14 to protest the French government's decision to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific was the first clear signal to the federal ALP government that the
By Richard Horsey
Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was released on July 10 after six years under house arrest.
A spokesman for the Burmese junta confirmed that her release was unconditional, and said
In October occurs the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia. Over coming months, Green Left Weekly plans to mark this occasion with a series of historical features and interviews on the CPA and the left from 1920 to the
Masculinities
By R.W. Connell
Allen and Unwin, 1995.
Reviewed by Chris Slee
In recent years, an increasing number of books have been written about men's problems. These books have varied greatly. Some are progressive, questioning the
OH INDUSTRY (Whatever Will Become of Me?)
By Kamala Emanuel
A cloud descends on Mayfield;
It's from the BHP.
We cough, we choke, we splutter;
We vainly try to see.
It greets us when we go out,
It greets us coming in.
It gets
Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm.
Movie Matinee: Stalin's Football (1991) — Based on
Dismantling the Bomb
The Cutting Edge
SBS, Tuesday, July 25, 8.30pm (8 in SA)
Previewed by Lisa Macdonald
"From day one, when we first produced plutonium in this country, we never had an option for its disposal. The notion always was that
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