The Brandon Teena StoryDirected by Susan Muska and Greta OlafsdotterPride DivideDirected by Paris PoirierDistributed by Queer Screen, phone (02) 9332 4938 Review by Bronwen Beechey
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Loving VibrationRas Midas and the BridgeJML Music ProductionSend US$18 to PO Box 7504, Santa Cruz, CA 95061, USAE-mail <voiceluv@cruzio.com> Review by Norm Dixon
Contrary to popular myth, left-wing reggae — in
The two high school walkouts against racism in July and August showed just how far some school authorities are prepared to go to repress students' activism: At Mt Clear Secondary College in Ballarat, after students had spent weeks raising money to
Action needed against Centrelink job threat, say workers
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — Staff and community leaders have expressed outrage over reported plans by the federal government's social welfare delivery agency, Centrelink, to slash up to
Fire in the sky
By Stephen Luntz
On the morning of November 18, the Earth will pass through the debris left over from the comet Tempel-Tuttle. At first this may seem of no political interest, but that is not entirely correct. The event occurs in
By James Vassilopoulos
During the recent 21-day public sector strike in Colombia, eight trade unionists were assassinated. The murderers were paramilitary units possibly linked to the conservative government of Andres Pastrana, elected in August.
Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal denied
Death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new trial, which was before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, was denied on October 30. The order was signed by Justice Ronald Castillo, who as district
Get Another GripBy Kaz CookeMelbourne: Text Publishing, 1998. 258 pp., $17.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Earth scientists' monitoring instruments have been reporting a sudden increase in rumblings and disturbances in the Australian political
NATIONAL — In a triumph for truth and justice, on November 2 the ABC's Media Watch program gave its "Lizard of the Year" award to 2UE's Stan Zamanek for his rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth coverage of Resistance's high school walkouts against racism.
Double dose of modern opera
Trouble in TahitiBy Leonard BernsteinDirected by Lindy HumeLove BurnsBy Graeme KoehneLibretto by Louis NowraDirected by Neil ArmfieldCompany B Belvoir and OzOperaBelvoir St Theatre, SyndeyUntil December 13 Review by
Can Australian nationalism be progressive?
By Sue Boland
Patrick Stevedores was described by many trade unionists as "un-Australian" for using security guards and dogs to drive waterside workers from their jobs earlier this year. "Un-Australian"
This issue of Green Left Weekly is a little bit different. It contains the first issue of Resistance magazine, published by the socialist youth organisation, Resistance.
The launch of Resistance as a regular feature in Green Left Weekly will
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