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Election threat over Century mine

By Bill Mason BRISBANE Premier Rob Borbidge on April 13 threatened to call a state election over Aboriginal opposition to the huge Century Zinc mine project in the far north of the state. After a confrontation with Carpentaria Land Council

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 4pm-7pm. Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,

When you don't know what to say

Noroc!Presented by Death Defying TheatrePlayhouse Theatre, University of Western SydneyApril 23, 8pm.University of Newcastle Drama TheatreApril 19, 8pm.Bookings phone (02) 601 8011.Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald "Noroc" is an all-purpose Romanian word

False start for de Klerk's 'new' Nationals

By Duncan Harford The attempt by the National Party to build a "new vision" for itself began floundering barely a month after NP leader F.W. de Klerk launched the new NP in Pretoria on February 2. De Klerk launched the "new" party by opening a new

Education delegates endorse industrial action

By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — South Australian Institute of Teachers delegates held a special meeting on April 10 to discuss further action in their dispute with the state Liberal government. SAIT industrial officer Angus Story described the dispute

Self-determination for Aborigines

The federal Coalition's full-scale attack on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) for its supposed "haemorrhaging of public funds" is a cowardly and malicious act. By accusing the most oppressed sector of the population of

Write on: letters to the editor

Lost opportunities John Baker's tale ("When Opportunities Went Begging", GLW #221) of the squandering of so many left regroupment openings during the 1980s and early nineties begs a reply by those who do not share his analysis. I am not one of

Ireland's hard Labour

By John Pilger The American liberal journal Nation described the renewed IRA bombing campaign as "an indefensible military response to the corruption and recklessness of a politician who was willing to torpedo peace to keep his job". Similarly,

Balderdash indeed

Backlash? Balderdash! Where feminism is going rightBy Beatrice FaustFrontlines pamphlet series, University of New South Wales Press, 199464 pp., $5Reviewed by Trish Corcoran This pamphlet made my blood boil. Beatrice Faust asserts that the backlash

New Zealand Alliance gears up for election

By John Percy WELLINGTON — The New Zealand Alliance conference met in Wellington on April 6-7 and placed the party in full campaign mode. Elections must be held by October, the first under the multi-member proportional system (MMP) that will

Letter from the US: Patrick Buchanan's agenda

By Barry Sheppard Robert Dole will be the Republican presidential nominee, and the other Republicans have faded from the public spotlight — all except one. Patrick Buchanan will use the delegates he won in the primaries to make his voice heard

Cape York alliance to defy Borbidge

By Bill Mason BRISBANE A landmark Cape York agreement between Aborigines, conservationists and pastoralists will go ahead, regardless of the opposition of Queensland Premier Rob Borbidge, according to Noel Pearson, Cape York Land Council executive