No carrots "It's not a carrot; it's a great big lump of money." — PM Paul Keating, asked whether a promise of $44 million for a new ferry between Tasmania and the mainland was a vote-buying carrot. Small expectations "I couldn't put myself in the
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By Iggy Kim HOBART — The Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Denison, Sarah Stephen, speaking at her campaign launch on February 10, attacked the Labor Party for giving young people no future to look forward to. "We wondered whether
By Chris Spindler SYDNEY — After almost 12 months in office, the Carr government in NSW seems to be costing the Labor Party. Labor's electoral popularity has plummeted. A recent Herald-AGB poll found that the Carr government's performance made 31%
By Ana Pararajasingam "The Sri Lankan Government's strategy of bringing peace through war was wrecked by Wednesday's bomb ... The net result of Mrs Kumaratunge's failed policy is clear. The epicentre of the war has moved from the remote and
By Chris Spindler SYDNEY — "A call to suppress Tamil political and cultural organisations in Australia is totally unacceptable", said the Democratic Socialist candidate for Lowe, Max Lane, on February 11. Lane was commenting on the call by the Sri
A View from the BridgeBy Arthur MillerDirected by Adam CookBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyUntil March 3Reviewed by Pip Hinman Arthur Miller described the story which became A View from the Bridge as a Greek tragedy. It's a story about compulsive,
February 15 is the 30th anniversary of the death in combat of the Colombian priest and revolutionary, Camilo Torres. LUIS AUGUSTO GARCIA GUERERO of the Camilista Union — National Liberation Army (UCELN) remembers Torres' life and work, and reflects
By Lisa Macdonald There are around 70 Green parties in the world, almost all having grown out of the environment and anti-nuclear movements that developed in the advanced capitalist countries from the end of the 1960s. Throughout the '70s, these
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Emboldened by President Boris Yeltsin's open shift to authoritarian-nationalist positions, Russia's security services are resurrecting an ugly practice — arresting and prosecuting dissidents under vague catch-all
Shinjuku BoysMardi Gras Film FestivalReviewed by Jen Crothers Shinjuku Boys is a revealing look into the lives of women who live as men in Tokyo. The women work in the New Marilyn nightclub, where they host their (presumably) heterosexual, female
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