Thinking of you, Amelia "The food here is so tasteless you could eat a meal ... [then] belch, and it wouldn't remind you of anything." — Redd Foxx
Sensory deprivation can cause unusual, even strange, responses. Prisoners are among the
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By Sean Magill
Sinn Fein activist Jim Neeson is touring Australia as the guest of Australian Aid for Ireland. His first stop was Western Australia, where he spoke to leading trade unionists, Aboriginal activist Yaluritja (Clarrie Isaacs), and
By Norm Dixon
PNG's newest gold mine — the Tolukuma Gold Mine in the Goilala mountains in Central Province — is the latest site of conflict between traditional land-holders and an Australian mining company. On August 5, rioting broke out
Nepalese FingersProduced by Boris Goudonof DreamProduced by U. Srinivas and Michael BrookBoth available from Larrikin RecordsReviewed by Sujatha Fernandes
From the Hindu festival of Holi, in which people crowd the streets throwing coloured water
By Tim E. Stewart
DARWIN — The cancellation of the parliamentarians' flotilla to Moruroa has not stopped people's campaigns to support yachts wishing to join the Rainbow Warrior in the Pacific. Activists in ENUFF (Everyone for a Nuclear Free
By Andrew Watson
BRISBANE — A stop-work meeting and rally of armoured car workers here on August 23 resolved to strike indefinitely from August 28, unless the state government responds to their demands for an inquiry into the armoured car and
Mass pressure forces deferral of PNG land planBy Norm Dixon
Several weeks of large demonstrations in PNG against World Bank/International Monetary Fund-backed proposals to undermine the country's traditional system of collective land ownership
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE â Members of the East Timorese community and their supporters from around Australia gathered here on August 12 and 13 for a solidarity conference organised by the East Timor Relief Association. Reverend Bishop Hilton
A brief selective review of some significant and often neglected works from the culture of dissent. Point of Departure (1986) When Jean Devanny (1894-1962) wrote this memoir, she was no longer a member of the Communist Party of Australia. As a
WA workers oppose anti-union bill By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — An estimated 10,000 workers took to the streets on August 22 to protest against the Liberal government's union-busting legislation. The rally and march, organised by the WA Trades and
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