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Tributes Tributes and messages of condolence for Jim Percy received as of Sunday, October 18 (We will publish a range of these in future issues): Aliansi Kekuatan Demokratik Se-Indonesia (AKSI, Indonesian Democratic Something Alliance), Central
The Last Days of Chez Nous Directed by Gillian Armstrong Screenplay by Helen Garner Starring Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox and Miranda Otto Reviewed by Lee Wallace Some films have such an effect that you leave the cinema slightly
Serbia's war According to Justin Starchevic (Write on, October 7), "Milosevic should help Bosnian Serbs in their civil war for the same reason that Australia always helped Britain and America in their wars". Good comparison. As socialists, we
Bigots seek state funding By Rose Matthews HOBART — A group cynically calling itself "For a Caring Tasmania" (FACT) has formed to campaign against homosexuality. It originates in conservative elements of the church. FACT chair David Fry
Philippines solidarity conference SYDNEY — a conference entitled "The Philippines: 100 Years of Struggle, 100 years of Solidarity" on October 17-18 drew more than 100 people. A delegation of six prominent Filipino activists and leaders of
By Sharon Collins PERTH — The perception of Australia as an uninhabited land ("Terra nullius"), which is how it was approached by European settlers, was recently overturned by the High Court in the Mabo vs Queensland case. However, the Mabo
Memorial meetings for Jim Percy Adelaide Monday, October 26, 7pm Resistance Centre, 34A Hindley St, Adelaide Brisbane Tuesday, October 27, 7pm Resistance Centre, 29 Terrace St, New Farm Hobart Saturday, November 7, 6pm Resistance
By Karen Fredericks SYDNEY — I had never seen a "literary event" like it, and obviously neither had author John Pilger and journalist Wendy Bacon. On October 10 Gould's Bookshop in Newtown, a huge cavern packed to the rafters with shelves,
By Karen Wald HAVANA — In what promises to be the first in a long series of popular demonstrations against US tightening of its economic blockade, thousands of Cuban students massed at the University of Havana on September 29, shouting their
The heart of the beast There was a debate on the committee organising the International Women's Day march and rally in Brisbane this year, regarding the "desirability" of asking representatives of the Movement for the Ordination of Women to

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