Censorship of the war in Croatia By Peter Boyle In late November, Tom Solyuk, news director for SBS Radio (2EA and 3EA) prohibited the use by the news bureau of all telephone news reports from Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Hercegovina and news
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A taste of hyperinflation By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — When the first details of Yeltsin's "profound economic reforms" hit the Russian press toward the end of October, the public reaction was quick and spectacular. Sales of the
Counterproductive violence My activity at the AIDEX protest was rendered inadequate by an ulcer flare up. This was the result of internal conflict. The conflict was caused by a minority of fellow protesters who did not seem to understand that
Comment by Julia Perkins The protests to stop Aidex, held from November 23-28, achieved a lot of publicity and some important successes. Media coverage of the protests and preparations helped to persuade a number of large companies not to
By Peter Boyle California-based political satirist Dave Lippman is best known as Dr George Shrub, the world's only known singing CIA (Committee to Intervene Anywhere) agent. "The rest", he says, "are secret so that you never know the song you are
By Steve Painter A peace song, "Stop the War in Croatia", hit number 13 on the national record charts in early December and could go higher. Royalties from the recording, by Tomislav Ivcic, are being used to buy medical supplies for casualties
Timorese message to Croatian rally The following message was read out by the organisers at a Melbourne rally in support of Croatia on December 7. We, the people of East Timor, the Maubere people, support the Croatian and other peoples in their
By Steve Painter The United States and British governments have rejected Libyan government proposals for the World Court or another independent international tribunal to investigate charges against two Libyan nationals over the 1988 Lockerbie
By Reihana Mohideen According to a December 6 New Zealand National Business Review poll, the alternative parties Alliance led by the NewLabour Party is now ahead of both the old Labour Party and the conservative National Party in the polls. The
Symbolic power By Tracy Sorensen The right to vote, the right to drink in public bars and join certain golf clubs, the right to continue working as an airline steward beyond the age of 20-something: in almost every area of public life, women
Sex and the Sandinistas Written and directed by Lucinda Broadbent Reviewed by Kim Spurway This is a must-see documentary about the lives and struggles of gays and lesbians inside the Nicaraguan revolution. Its 25 minutes are packed with humour
Untruth in advertising "People are going to buy the cheapest products available and we just can't compete with countries like China, which use slave labour." — Australian Made executive director Norm Spencer explaining the Buy Australia
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