MELBOURNE — The "Jobs for Justice" rally organised by the Victorian Trades Hall Council and the Victorian Council for Social Service on September 10 attracted only about 1000 people, perhaps because it was raining. Union efforts to build the rally
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SYDNEY — In an event organised by Students Against War in Croatia, 1500 people rallied on September 11 and marched to Parliament House, where speakers called for an immediate cease-fire, the withdrawal of the Yugoslav People's Army and Australian
By Leon Harrison Milestone for Aboriginal theatre Munjong By Richard Walley State Theatre Company The Hole in The Wall Theatre Subiaco, Perth Reviewed by Leon Harrison Like the Jimmy Chi musical Bran Nue Dae, Munjong is a milestone for
By Stephen Kelly The spirituality of work was the subject of a talk and discussion presented by the Young Christian Workers' Movement on August 31 in Croydon Park. Michael Fallon, Catholic priest and theologian, said that each worker has a
By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — Until a few years ago, you could still read about it in the Soviet press: families in the USSR received small but comfortable state or municipal apartments on an egalitarian basis for some of the lowest rents in the
Gun laws: reply The letter by Chris Pickering, Russell Pickering and Stefan Skibicki (Letters, GL #27) seems to be predicated on a misreading of my comment on the gun law debate (GL #25), i.e., they seem to assume that I argued against a ban on the
By Norm Dixon Audiences in three states will have the opportunity to see and hear South Africa's number one reggae and recording star, Lucky Dube, and his 13-piece band, when they tour in late September and early October. Lucky's performances
By David Robie AUCKLAND — Fijian and New Zealand protest groups plan a direct action campaign to halt or disrupt a visit by military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka. Rabuka plans to address the annual conference of the Pacific
By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — I wonder whether those intoxicated by the triumphal hysteria of recent weeks about the "end of Communism" are capable of realising the bitter irony: while Australian farmers being forced to plow their crops under
Australian nukes? Two Australian companies are listed in "The Directory of Australian Industry Defence Capability DRB 29", 1990, as being involved in the manufacture of nuclear ordnance. In the Directory's Section 3 — Products, the Extrusion
Phil Shannon The Gulf Between Us: The Gulf War And Beyond Edited by Victoria Brittain London: Virago. 1991. 186 pp., $17.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The English Guardian is the voice of liberal politics, that blend of "responsible"
By Peter Gellert MEXICO CITY — On a busy, crowded street here, among thousands of US products offered by ambitious street vendors, one finds dietetic chocolate fudge soda. In case you're wondering how something that contains chocolate fudge can
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