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By Dave Riley With federal MP Trish Draper, amongst others, still insisting that it should be banned outright, Adrian Lyne's new film version of Lolita has finally been released in Australia. Those who recall the anti-censorship campaigns of the
Palm Sunday marches oppose Jabiluka mine Anti-uranium protesters used marches held around Australia on March 28 (Palm Sunday) to focus attention on stopping the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. The
By Norm Dixon Britain's Independent Television Commission on March 22 suspended the license of the Kurdish satellite television station, Med TV, for 21 days, forcing it to cease broadcasting. The ban followed the station's screening of live footage
Cuba denounces US 'human rights' hypocrisy At the session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on March 24, Cuba's vice-president, Dr Carlos Lage Davila, replied to charges by the US government that in Cuba there has been a
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — With a shower of paint bombs, rocks, eggs and bottles, thousands of demonstrators outside the US embassy here on March 25 expressed outrage at the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Next morning, an estimated 5000
By Chris Caston What is the role of the education system in capitalist society? School is certainly not about helping to develop freethinking people with the courage to act on their convictions. The school system encourages competition more than
Greens, waste and democracy By Stephen O'Brien NEWCASTLE — During last month's NSW state election campaign, supporters of the Greens gathered signatures on a petition which called for a ban on campaigning within one kilometre of polling booths
By Sarah Lantz MELBOURNE — One of the bitterest disputes in the history of the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Union was resolved on February 5. Victory for the union members at Australian Dyeing Company (ADC) came after 67 days on the picket
MUA election issues begin to surface By Dick Nichols Last week, seafarer members of the Maritime Union of Australia attending their monthly stop-work meeting were given the latest issue of Voice, the journal of the Maritime Unionists Socialist
By Margarita Windisch MELBOURNE — The National Organisation of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) Collective has been meeting to discuss organisation of the annual feminist student conference. NOWSA conferences provide an opportunity for women

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