By Norm Dixon Powes Parkop is a lecturer in law at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby and a member of the radical Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) organisation. Together with progressive lawyers and other grassroots activists, he
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Through Murri Eyes Brisbane's community theatre company, Street Arts, will shortly be presenting Through Murri Eyes, a collaboration of dance, song and theatre. The performance takes the audience through Aboriginal history, from traditional
Penalty rate cuts hit young By Sean Lennon MELBOURNE — Young workers in the hospitality industry would be hardest hit if the employers' challenges to penalty rates before the industrial courts succeed, according to the Victorian Trades
Despite wet and blustery conditions, some 2000 people rallied in Melbourne's city square on August 23 in support of Bosnia and to denounce the Serbian campaign of "ethnic cleansing" of Croats and Muslims there. Among the speakers was DAVE HOLMES,
Brewery struggle continues By Leon Harrison PERTH — The struggle to turn the old Swan Brewery site into parkland continues. One of the protesters arrested on the site on August 28, Uniting Church minister Helen Richmond, made a scathing
How Israel controls the news Palestinian media agencies seeking to transmit the truth of what is happening the occupied territories must play a complicated game to negotiate the very tight restrictions under which they are forced to work.
Marooned Westerners The racist "white Australia" immigration policy was once described as "Westerners marooned on an Asian island, crying out for reinforcement". The current view in sections of the green movement that immigration should be
Viva! Zimbabwe — Dance Music from Zimbabwe Various artists Hannibal records through Festival Available on CD and cassette Reviewed by Norm Dixon Mention Zimbabwean music, and the band that most people will think of is the Bhundu Boys. The
Bronwyn Taylor PSU members reject agency-based bargaining Rank-and-file members of the Federal Public Sector Union are sending a clear message to their union officials, the ACTU and the federal government that they will reject agency-based
The ruthlessness of the apartheid state in eliminating its opponents was a key theme in the speeches made during the 10th anniversary commemoration in Cape Town of the assassination of activist and journalist Ruth First. First was killed in a
By Lenore Tardif Mark Deasey has worked with Quaker Service Australia in Cambodia for the past four years. Back in Australia, he talked to Green Left Weekly about the changes he has witnessed and his view of the peace process. "When I
Prepare for war "The defining challenge of the '90s is to win the economic competition. You will hear two visions of how to do this. Theirs is to look inward and protect what we already have. Ours is to look forward, to open new markets,
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