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Youth theatre

SYDNEY — PACT Youth Theatre is presenting a play centring on the lives of inner city youth, The Train Almost Stops at Erskineville. It will run for three nights from September 29 to October 1 at Sydney Street Theatre Space. Entry is free but

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

Campaign to save TAFE

By Tamara Desiatov PERTH — Up to 200 TAFE teachers, students and supporters rallied here on September 6 after three days of statewide strike action called by TAFE members of the State School Teachers Union (SSTUWA). The action was supported

Action updates

Men against men's violence Last week was White Ribbon Week, a worldwide campaign organised in Australia by MASA (Men Against Sexual Assault), a national network of men working to end men's violence. White Ribbon Week began in Canada in 1991 when a

PLO leader calls for a halt to talks with Israel

By Jennifer Thompson Farouk Qaddoumi, head of the PLO's political department, called on the Palestinian leadership to halt talks with Israel at a press conference in Amman on August 14. He presented an alternative program for peace, analysing

Iranian refugees resist deportation

By Jennifer Thompson Fifty Iranian political refugees threatened with deportation to Iran began a sit-in in the Ankara offices of the recently formed United Socialist Party of Turkey (BSP) on August 4. Since then, their number has swelled to

Murdoch guild threatened

By Rurik Davidson PERTH — The Murdoch University administration is attempting to force the student guild to retract the latest issue of its newspaper Metior. It is threatening to cancel the leases for all the amenities run by the guild, in

WA government steps up attacks on teachers

By Anthony Benbow PERTH — In a dispute with the state Liberal government which goes far beyond wages and work conditions, teachers are now in the ninth month of a campaign to improve public education. The State School Teachers Union of WA

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

* Timorese women's message to Beijing conference

The following is an abridged message sent by women from the East Timorese resistance to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing on September 6. In the middle of the night amidst a great silence in Dili, I'm thinking of you all, and I imagine

March to demand an end to deaths in custody

SYDNEY — A march to commemorate the death, 12 years ago, of John Pat, who was killed in the west Pilbara town of Roebourne, Western Australia, will take place on September 23. This annual event also serves as a reminder that Aboriginal deaths in

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