Documentary Series: Prostitution — A three-part series from France on the day-to-day lives of prostitutes. The first program follows the lives of two transsexuals, Simone and Alexie. SBS, Monday, April 18, 11.05pm.
The Cutting Edge: The School
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Looking out: Update on a disputeOn March 23, 1994, I spoke with the temporary supervisor of G-Unit, Captain Freeman, and the head counsellor, Claude McCann. Among other things I asked what, if anything, had been done
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"I say the land belongs to us, and the Arabs don't belong to us, so the land we should keep. The Arabs we should let go. I think it's feasible to do so. Militarily it's no problem ... "You can't have both a democracy in which any group can
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South Africa's historic first democratic elections are just around the corner. In the last few weeks before this long-awaited event, the mass democratic movement has scored some significant gains: the overthrow of Bophuthatswana dictator Lucas
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In defence of self-defence Clean out your kitchen cupboards! Your bathrooms too! Did you know a spray can is a dangerous weapon? Especially when it's in the hands of a woman. This appears to be the conclusion drawn by the NSW Court of
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For more than a year the United States has been pursuing a confrontation with North Korea over its alleged attempts to manufacture nuclear weapons. In the war of words, Clinton last November threatened to destroy North Korea,
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Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Mexican
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The International Green Left Conference over the Easter weekend was a notable success. The conference drew participants from as far afield as Perth in Australia and Brazil internationally. The main plenary sessions energetically attacked the
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International Playhouse — Against the Wind — By Shirley Gee. The story of Hannah Snell, an 18th century hero, who, dressed as a man, joined the marines in a vain attempt to trace her missing husband. After gallantly serving in action for seven
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[This article is a response to "What is an Ecologically Sustainable Population?" by Emma Webb, in our March 23 issue.] In the debate on the causes and solutions to our rapidly deteriorating global environment and social
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The challenge to genetic engineering (GE) is meeting strong resistance from corporate agribusiness and its powerful allies within public sector research and development organisations like the CSIRO and pro-biotech government
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JOHANNESBURG — The impression created by the media here that on March 28 a "peaceful Zulu march" came under attack by "ANC gunmen", causing as many as 53 deaths, has been proven thoroughly false. The identity of the snipers who
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Leonard Peltier is a Native American who has spent the last 17 years in jail following a controversial trial that found him guilty of murdering two FBI agents. He is the longest-serving Native political prisoner in the United States. On June 26,
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Female circumcision, more correctly called female genital mutilation, is a crime against women. It occurs in Sahelian Africa, in Arab states, parts of Asia, and in migrant families in Europe, North America and Australia. The
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The lost generation In looking at the struggle for women's rights, we shouldn't forget our great grandmothers, who fought for the right to vote in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The current generation of grandmothers, of
News
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Court seeks return of death penaltyPERTH — The Western Australian Liberal government of Richard Court is pushing a "law and order" campaign that prominently includes a call for the return of the death penalty.
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In preparing the 1994-95 budget, the federal government received 57 submissions from business, community, professional, employer and employee organisations. These submissions have been published by the Economic Planning Advisory
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NSW native forests are currently facing an unnecessary crisis. Logging areas are to be extended without proper environmental studies. According to Tom McLoughlin of the Wilderness Society, there are 250,000 hectares of
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Congress on politics of cancer SYDNEY — A major international congress examining alternative treatments for cancer will open here on Friday, April 15. According to the organisers, Independent Medical Research, the World Congress on Cancer
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SYDNEY — The International Green Left Conference, held over the Easter long weekend at the University of New South Wales, brought together a wide range of activists and concerned individuals to discuss and debate the ecological and
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Sinn Fein member denied visaSYDNEY — County Tyrone councillor and Sinn Fein member Barry McElduff was denied a visa to visit Sydney and thus prevented, amongst other things, from addressing the International Green Left
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Coxsedge calls for Cuba solidarityBRISBANE — Cuba has done so much for the world community, now is the time for the progressive movement to speak out in support of Cuba, Joan Coxsedge told a public forum here on March 27.
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Waste dumping loophole closed GENEVA — A major victory was won on March 25 with the consensus adoption of a total ban on the export of toxic waste from OECD countries to non-OECD countries. In what Greenpeace hailed as "a striking victory
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SYDNEY — Four hundred Australian Labor Party left-wingers protested outside a meeting of the party's administrative committee meeting here on April 8; they were demanding the reinstatement of rank and file preselection ballots for two safe Sydney
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Regional authority for Torres Strait Following recent council elections, Torres Strait islands' elected chairpersons, who currently make up the Island Coordinating Council (ICC), will automatically become councillors on the Torres Strait
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BRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission released its report on the death in police custody of Daniel Yock on April 5. Yock, who died on November 7, was arrested with another Murri youth in Bereton Street after being tailed
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With nearly 50% of the population coming from homes where a language other than English is spoken, rugby league club Canterbury-Bankstown has decided to reorient its promotion of the game. Easter Monday was the third
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SYDNEY — Young environmentalists from all over Australia gathered in Sydney to attend Environmental Youth Alliance's fifth national conference on April 5. The conference was opened by eminent environmentalists Susan George
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'Stop Khmer Rouge', say campaigners The frightening possibility of a return to power by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army in Cambodia has not been eliminated, according to Australian campaigners. Both the Campaign to Oppose the Return of the Khmer
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Mines dumping toxic waste, CJC toldBRISBANE — Queensland's biggest company, MIM, was guilty of contaminating thousands of hectares of the northern region, a state government environment officer told the Criminal Justice
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His master's voice "There is a valid reason when business says to you that a stock exchange will get a jump on you ... That is a reason I wouldn't ignore." — NSW Premier John Fahey, explaining his abrupt reversal of the view that there was "no
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'Socialism alive and well'BRISBANE — "The success of the Democratic Socialist campaign in the recent Brisbane City Council elections shows there is significant support for socialist policies in the general community", Susan
Analysis
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No workers' paradise On March 30 civilisation as we knew it ended, or so the employers' representatives would have us believe: Australian workers have been granted jobs virtually for life. ACTU secretary Bill Kelty described the event as the
World
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SAN SALVADOR — Four women former comandantes are among the FMLN deputies elected on March 20. They are Lorena Pena Mendosa (Rebecca Palacios), Ana Guadalupe Martinez, Nidia Diaz and Norma Guevara. Speaking to Green
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DURBAN — Wandering along the "Golden Mile" — Durban's tacky hotel-lined stretch of beach front, a cross between Surfers Paradise and Kings Cross — and seeing the throngs of South Africans of all races enjoying the sun and
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Andres Perez is an ex-member of the CCS (Central Campesina Salvadorena), a peasant organisation affiliated to the CGT (Confederacion General de Trabajadores — General Workers Confederation). He fled El Salvador after the general secretary of the
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Printed here are major excerpts from the election manifesto of the African National Congress for South Africa's first democratic election. On 27 April, for the first time in our history, all of us will stand tall and proud as equal citizens in
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On March 27, the Italian right-wing Freedom Alliance, led by billionaire media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, won a big majority in the country's parliament. LUCIANA CASTELLINA, a member of the European parliament for the Italian Party of Communist
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Bougainville fighting continuesThe Bougainville Interim Government has moved to clear up any misunderstanding over comments by its United Nations representative, Mike Forster. Forster, in an interview with NBC radio, was
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On April 4 the Suharto regime's recently established Human Rights Commission surprised everybody by issuing a two-page statement criticising irregularities in the handling of the case of the murder of worker activist Marsinah.
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Kenya could be the next country to explode into civil war. This is the conclusion of a detailed study by the US-based Africa Watch on the current state-sponsored inter-ethnic violence. At the time of the report in
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By Francisco T. Sobrino BUENOS AIRES — Paraguay, as a result of long periods of political turbulence and war, has remained socially and economically backward. Only 1% of the population of 5 million owns 80% of the land. Nearly 10 million
Culture
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SYDNEY — "It is a fantastic ideal to introduce people to the fact that you're not a working stiff, but you are a person that has talents you probably don't know you have, or you've got an appreciation of all sorts of other
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An All Consuming Passion: Origins, Modernity, and the Australian Life of Georgiana Molloy By William J. Lines Allen and Unwin. 332 pp. Reviewed by Geraldine McKenzie Georgiana Molloy discovered no rivers, opened up no large tracts of land,
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For the animals In defense of animals Various artists Shock Records Reviewed by John-Paul Nassif "Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its
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PERTH — Around 30,000 people attended the Multicultural Festival at Sorrento Quay on Sunday, March 27. A feast of events celebrated the end of a Multicultural Week as well as the Year of the Family.
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Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal A quarterly published by New Course Publications, Sydney $6.50, 128pp. Reviewed by Martin Roe An exclusive interview with Sandinista leader and former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega is
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Spare Ass Annie and other tales William S. Burroughs Island Records Reviewed by Arun Pradhan Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales combines the raspy, monotone voice of William Burroughs with the music of the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. We
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La Scorta (The Bodyguards) Directed by Ricky Tognazzi Mandolin Cinema, Sydney, from April 14 Reviewed by Paul Walker The crisis of the Italian state, which culminated in changing the electoral system and the victory of the far right in the
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Especially on Sunday The Blue Dog Both directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci Snow on Fire Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana At the Dendy, Martin Place, from April 21 Reviewed by Pip Hinman "You're single and lonely. Get yourself a wife or