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A humane look at inhumanity

A humane look at inhumanitBlackrockWritten by Nick EnrightPerformed by the Sydney Theatre CompanyThe Wharf, SydneyUntil October 14Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald One summer night at a party on Blackrock beach, a 15-year-old women is brutally raped and

Radio highlights

Radio National celebrates PNG's 20 years of Papua New Guinea's independence — Throughout the weekend of September 16 and 17, ABC Radio National will be devoting considerable air time to programs emphasising the history, culture and politics of our

... and ain't i a woman?

During the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, attention has been focused on, among other issues, persisting economic inequalities between women and men. They seem incongruous to some, given the improvements that have been made to women's

Gay art exhibition banned

By Leon Harrison PERTH — The annual gay art exhibition, which was to be staged at the Western Australian Museum during the 1995 Pride Festival, has been banned. The exhibition, entitled "Queer as Hell" and organised by That Way Inclined Gay

Vietnam celebrates 50 years of struggle

By Helen Jarvis HANOI, September 2 — September is the time for typhoons in Vietnam, and Hanoi has this week been lashed by the fifth typhoon this season, severely curtailing the preparations and rehearsals for the long-awaited 50th anniversary

Peace Committee delegates return from Hiroshima

By Carla Gorton "It is now 50 years since the most devastating crime against humanity was committed, yet the leaders of the nuclear weapon states continue to sophisticate their weapons." This was the opening comment by peace activist Don Jarrett

* Fibreglass: a carcinogen that's everywhere &&

By Peter Montague An industrial process for making glass fibres was first patented in Russia in 1840. At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Edward Libbey exhibited lamp shades, a dress, and other articles woven from glass fibres. In

Darwin uranium shipment delayed

Darwin uranium shipment delayeBy Tom Flanagan DARWIN — Anti-nuclear protests have influenced Energy Resources Australia, the operator of Ranger uranium mine, to delay a scheduled shipment of uranium ore. On September 7 the mine's general

The false science of racism

The Bell Curve Wars: Race, Intelligence and the Future of AmericaSteven Fraser (ed)BasicBooks, 1995. 216 pp., $16 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon In the last few months, you may have seen an imposing book glowering down at you from the new releases

War resumes in Sri Lanka

By Sujatha Fernandes After 17 years of rule by the right-wing United National Party (UNP) government in Sri Lanka, the People's alliance (PA) was elected to government in August 1994 on a wave of popular support. One of its main promises was to

How do we defeat VSU?

By Sean Healy MELBOURNE — Recent events at La Trobe University, where students managed to beat back a university attempt to cut Students' Representative Council (SRC) funding, have put the issue of the Kennett government's "voluntary student

Looking Out: Public thinking

"Why, I wondered, did no-one ask, 'Will the justice system survive?' after an all-White jury set free the White policemen who beat Rodney King? — Larry Conley Recently I read the well-crafted essay of a very brave man. It was published in the