By Norm Dixon and Tom Jordan The Papua New Guinea government is tightening its military blockade of the besieged island of Bougainville and has mounted further attacks on the civilian population. The latest escalation came to light on April
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Meeting Venus, Tannhõuser and pickets Meeting Venus Directed by Istvan Szabo Written by Istvan Szabo and Michael Hirst Starring Glenn Close, Niels Arestrup Reviewed by Ulrike Erhardt How can anyone withstand the lure of such a title?
Talking union A parliamentary inquiry into the status of women has recommended changes to the Affirmative Action Act, including tougher penalties for companies not complying with the act. At present, compliance is voluntary and the stiffest
Brazil proposes forest program RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian government is considering a plan to plant more than 200,000 sq km of forest for environmental reasons. The plan, developed by an international team working with the university of
The ALP and the unions Do we need Steve Loosley with gritted teeth? Comment by Bob Lewis Phil Cleary's win in the Wills by-election has led to renewed discussion about the ALP, its relationship to the working class, and the attitude
Timor book launched By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — "The Western world has a moral and political obligation to tell the truth," East Timor community representative Lucia Corte-real told a gathering here to launch a new book, East Timor: A
Calls for solidarity with Cuba The World Federation of Trade Unions is calling for 1992 to be the Year of Solidarity with Cuba. In a statement, the WFTU says trades unions and other organisations worldwide must do their best to inform people
The Master and Margarita By Michail Bulgakov Translated by Michael Glenny Collins. $16.95 Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti Osip Mandelstam, a Soviet poet who died in prison in 1938, divided literature into that permitted and that written without
Ethnic vote I am a researcher in Arabic and teach Arab history at Deakin University's Toorak campus. Your sympathetic attitudes on Afro-Asian causes are building up an increasing readership for GL among Arab Australians, who combine political
Nannies On the streets of Sydney's trendier inner-city and harbourside suburbs are surprising numbers of what seem to be, at first glance, young teenage mothers pushing prams. They look strangely out of place, in their unironed windcheaters
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