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Free Kuwait? Connections: Free Kuwait SBS Television Screens Friday, February 26, 8.30 p.m. (8 p.m. in Adelaide) This hard-hitting documentary made by Britain's Channel Four looks at how non-Kuwaitis are suffering persecution,
By Alex Bainbridge Education is one of the indicators traditionally used to gauge the level of civilisation, social justice and democracy in a society. Now it appears that both the major parties are committed to deregulating and privatising
Young activists call day of action By Sean Malloy The youth activist organisation, Resistance, is planning a national day of action on March 8 to highlight the Labor and Liberal attacks on young people's rights and living standards.
Bougainville war crimes inquiry By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A public inquiry into war crimes by the Papua New Guinea government against the people of Bougainville has been set for Saturday, February 20, at the Axion Room, University of

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By Gerry Harant There is far more wrong with Paul Ehrlich's formula I=PA (or I=PAT in its extended form) than GLW correspondence and articles have so far suggested. Both the form and the contents of Ehrlich's statement are ideologically
By Will Firth BERLIN — In the south-east German region of Lusatia (Lausitz) lives a small ethnic group — the Sorbs. Also called Lusatians or Wends, the Sorbs are of Slavic descent and speak a language closely related to Czech and Polish.
A prisoner of business interests By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Leaked minutes of the Queen Street Mall advisory committee show how council was urged by mall traders to launch its campaign against democratic rights. The minutes are the
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — An empty shop in Cabramatta has become a hive of artistic activity. With the help of artists from either side of the US-Mexican border (the "Border Art Workshop" — BAW), young people are being taught a range of
The federal election on March 13 is not going to decide very much. The direction of government policy in Australia will be very much the same regardless of whether Liberals or Labor are the next government. That direction is the one that has
Dark At Noon Directed by Raul Ruiz With John Hurt, Didier Bourdon, Lorraine Evanoff, David Warner and Daniel Prevost Showing at the Glebe Valhalla, Sydney Reviewed by Norm Dixon Exiled Chilean avant-garde film maker Raul Ruiz's latest
Rainbow Alliance launches jobs policy By Dave Holmes MELBOURNE — The Rainbow Alliance has unveiled a radical program to tackle the unemployment crisis. Launched at a media conference on February 11, the emergency package is centred on a
Dirty Dirty Sonic Youth Geffen Records Available on CD and cassette Reviewed by Steve Bavaro Dirty, the eighth album from the US thrash/grunge quartet Sonic Youth, maintains the group's focus on important social issues. On their