A Twist of Lemon DeliciousWritten by the Lesbian IdolsDirected by Louise FisherNew Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown, SydneyMarch 6-13Bookings (02) 9519 8958$15 per ticket
REVIEW BY RACHEL EVANS
As part of the lead up to Sydney's gay and lesbian
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Norman Brewer, Sydney
"TJ had 17 years. We have the rest of our lives to never forget him. We have to remember TJ, we have to remember all the deaths at the hands of the [state]", Redfern community leader Jenny Munro told a 550-strong memorial
REVIEW BY PIP HINMAN
A Woman of Independence: A story of love and the birth of a new nationBy Kirsty Sword GusmaoPan Macmillan Australia 2003320 pages, $30 (pb)
Kirsty Sword Gusmao's book, A Woman of Independence, is not just a love story.
Jabril Sanei
Somalia is on the Horn of Africa, the north-eastern-most point of the African continent. As Raman Bhardwaj wrote in his 1979 book The Dilemma of the Horn of Africa, (Sterling Publishers, India): "The Horn's tip, a life-line for the
Married with a house in the suburbs, 1.9 kids and a white picket fence? No thanks. Some people on the left have echoed this caricature, arguing that radicals should oppose gay marriage — or at least turn our attentions elsewhere.
True, marriage
Keep our coasts public!
Alan Davison (Write On, Green Left Weekly #572) claims factual errors in previous reports on opposition to Australand's proposed "Port Coogee" development. As "proof", he points out that the section of beach where the
Kerryn Williams
A century ago, women marched for the right to vote — and won (with the exception of Indigenous women, who could not vote until 1967). Almost half a century ago, women marched to demand equal pay for equal work — and won (at
Simon Tayler, Sydney
Community TV Sydney's broadcasting licence is currently up for renewal with the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA). Community TV Sydney manages the programming and broadcasting for Sydney's community television station,
Imagine...
Imagine a world where any woman could walk down any street, day or night, and feel no fear of harassment or assault, and where society denounced domestic violence as so abhorrent that every home was safe.
Imagine a world where girls
Eva Cheng
Some 2000 workers and their retired counterparts from the Tieshu textile factory in Suizhou, Hubei province, staged an angry protest on February 8 denouncing the now-defunct plant's management for cheating workers of savings and benefits.
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