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"We can no longer be surprised by the terrible outcomes experienced by young people who grow up in environments where drugs, violence, welfare and teen pregnancy are far more prevalent [than] safe schools, high school diplomas
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People: Battling Siki — "Siki, the unbeatable African hero. Siki, the intelligent sauvage from the jungle. Siki, the fighter against racial discrimination." The descriptions are wide and varied and all add to story of Battling Siki. Siki, whose
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At the Labor Party's national conference in Hobart next month, there is likely to be a strong push to further broaden the party's pro-uranium policy. Senator Bob Collins, Minister for Primary Industry and a member of the ALP right,
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Many of the main voices in the drive for "sustainable development" have an agenda that most environmentalists would reject if it were made explicit. DR SHARON BEDER, of the University of Wollongong's Department of Science and Technology Studies,
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Allen Jennings The July 31 UN Security Council resolution to "use all necessary means" to oust the military regime in Haiti and reinstate leftist president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, marks a watershed in international relations history.
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International Playhouse — The Dog it was that Died — By Tom Stoppard. Rupert Purvis is a British intelligence officer undergoing "a bit of a crisis". Having become a double agent, he has doubled and redoubled the duplicity so often that he has
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Women's rights and overpopulation The third International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), will be held in Cairo in September 94. It has been billed by the Clinton administration and feminist groups as potentially one of the
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Women and violence In response to the article on the National Strategy on Violence Against Women (GLW #152) Cowburn asserts (Write on #154) that it disturbed her. While she recognised the extent of violence against women, she disagreed with the
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Repeal all anti-abortion laws!Actions were held around Australia in the second week of August to coincide with an National Day of Action for Reproductive Rights. The actions focussed on the bid to repeal all anti-abortion
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ADELAIDE — Major cuts to health, education and housing are set to dominate the state Liberal government's budget on August 25, its first since taking office last November. While cabinet is still in the process of discussing details around proposed
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Greens contest Parramatta by-electionSYDNEY — On August 27, voters in the state seat of Parramatta, once a piece of Labor's "heartland" and now a marginal seat, go to the polls. Some commentators estimate the outcome will
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Police powers questioned after night club raidMELBOURNE — Forty armed police burst into popular city gay and lesbian nightclub, Tasty, on August 7, detaining 463 patrons and staff for up to three hours and strip
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Protest at new PNG logging rulesBRISBANE — On August 9, 30 people picketed the Papua New Guinea consulate in protest of the Timber Supply Agreement (TSA), soon to be ratified by the PNG government. The picket was organised
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Call for Burma human rights groupBRISBANE — "Burma — Democracy Denied" is the title of an exhibition of photos, information and a video currently on display here. A video, The Burma Deception was screened at a public
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SHELLHARBOUR — For the past ten years the right-wing Labor-controlled Council here has been promoting a plan to destroy a 780-metre popular family beach at South Shellharbour near Wollongong by building a boat harbour.
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Civil liberties under threatMELBOURNE — In what civil liberties campaigner Tim Anderson describes as "The most important political frame-up of the decade", the trial of the "Austudy Five" begins on August 29. The Austudy
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WA Democrats expel membersPERTH — Thirteen members of the WA Division of the Australian Democrats were expelled at the end of July by the national executive. Those expelled included individuals on both sides of the
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BRISBANE — The 11 miners buried underground after an explosion at the Moura No 2 coal mine on August 7, along with their suffering families, are the victims of the profit drive of BHP and other corporate mining giants.
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25th anniversary of British troopsSYDNEY — 200 people rallied in First Fleet Park here on August 13 as part of an international day of action organised by the "Time for peace — time to go" campaign which is demanding
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'Unions need a political alternative'MELBOURNE — Sixty people attended a Democratic Socialist Party forum on August 10 to discuss the state of the trade unions and strategies on how to rebuild the movement. Steve
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Students fight up-front feesCANBERRA — A recommendation calling for the introduction of fees of up to $12,000 for the professional component of the Australian National University's law degree is being reconsidered after
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Residents oppose freeway extensionMELBOURNE — The campaign against the Eastern Freeway extension has stepped up a gear after VicRoads ordered the destruction of 70 trees, some over 100 years old, in Alexandra Parade,
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1500 rally for the forestsPERTH — Undeterred by driving rain, 1500 people attended the Gathering for the Forest in Forrest Place on August 9. The rally called on the federal government to stop woodchipping in old growth
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Eva Bacon 1909-1994BRISBANE — A moving memorial gathering was held here on August 6 for Eva Bacon, a well-known activist for womens' rights and the left over many decades. Eva died on July 23, aged 84. Many of Bacon's
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RU486: extending women's choicesThe Catholic church in Australia has called for a halt to current trials of RU486, the so-called "abortion pill". The trials, taking place under the auspices of the World Health Organisation
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Campaign to revoke Timor Gap Treaty launchedMELBOURNE — A national petition campaign calling on the Australian government to revoke the Timor Gap Oil Treaty was launched here on August 9. This campaign coincides with a
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ADELAIDE — An August 11 Adelaide university debate on women's rights to abortion, Resistance and the pro-choice campus clubs versus the "pro-life" group, ended abruptly when National Action forced its closure. National Action, an extreme right-wing
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A glimpse behind the figleaf A good deal of the decisions that most affect our lives are made in secretive and confidential meetings by senior corporate executives — those with the power to invest, speculate, close down factories and
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High Court challenge to Timor Gap TreatyA High Court hearing on the legality of the Timor Gap Treaty took place in Canberra on August 9-10. If successful, the outcome will have a major impact on Australia's relations with
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PT launches Brazilian agriculture program On July 24, the Brazil Popular Front, the coalition supporting the Workers Party (PT), launched its program for Brazilian agriculture — Land, Work and Food for Brazilians — in two regions with a
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CHICAGO — The founding convention of the Committees of Correspondence (CoC) held here over July 23-24, reflected and registered the progress — and lack of it — the organisation has made in the two years since the Berkeley
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Six hundred thousand Cubans rallied in Havana's Revolution Square on August 7 to pay tribute to a 19-year-old police officer killed on August 4 while trying to foil the hijacking of a passenger boat in Havana Bay. The rally
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Sisulu Jnr to head SABC South Africa's public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), which became notorious for its role as the mouthpiece of apartheid and its rigid political and moral censorship, is to be headed by
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MOSCOW — Picture the situation. An important economic bill drafted by presidential aides meets with strong opposition in the parliament. Efforts to find a compromise fail, and the bill is rejected by the lawmakers. Then
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JOHANNESBURG — "It's like going to war!" That was how Kgalema Motlanthe, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, recently described the situation facing this country's 500,000 mineworkers every day. The sweat
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MOSCOW — Some 67% of Russians, a recent survey discovered, have no savings. Those who do have money saved up protect it against inflation through a variety of methods. These include depositing it in savings banks or in the
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JOHANNESBURG — Twenty thousand striking car assembly workers took to streets in different parts of the country last week in support of demands for higher pay and the rapid elimination of race-based wage anomalies. Thousands of
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MEXICO — On February 5, 20,000 Mexicans celebrated the founding of the National Democratic Alliance. The Alliance, which will contest the elections on August 21, is the new left electoral body which brings together up to 15 diverse political
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Good listening music Twelve Songs By Enda Kenny Blues for Thought By Terry Evans Larrikin Records Reviewed by Cathy Lawrence Twelve Songs is a collection of good listening music in the tradition of folk and blues. Each song
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Two films by Australian women directors Boys and Balls Directed by Sue Thomson In Bed With Your Neighbours Directed by Doerthe Janson Presented by Gil Scrine Films August 19-21, University Hall, Harris St Ultimo, Sydney; August 26-28
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Gettysburg Written and directed by Ronald Maxwell Turner Pictures Starring Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels Pitt Centre, Sydney for two weeks from September 8 Astor Cinema, Melbourne for two weeks from October 9 Reviewed by
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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. Blow for
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Andrea Rieniets aliveAdelaide-based artist Andrea Rieniets' Open Cheque Book Performance at the Proscenium on July 29 was a fundraiser to produce her own CD. Andrea is accompanied by her computer which is programmed
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The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Briagde: Americans in the Spanish Civil War By Peter N Carroll Stanford University Press 1994, 440 pp., $35.00 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936 with General Franco's
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A Fate Worse than Debt By Susan George Penguin Books 1990 300 pp., $17 Reviewed by Jack Lance In A Fate Worse than Debt George analyses the structure of global debt and its effects on all of us — the main ones being poverty,
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A how-to on saving oiled birds Rescue and Rehabilitation of Oiled Birds A field manual by Erna Walraven Available from Taronga Zoo PO Box 20, Mosman 2088 $30 pus $8 postage Reviewed by John Tognolini How do you pick up a Wandering
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Passion-packed parliamentary potboiler A Parliamentary Affair By Edwina Currie Hodder and Stoughton London 1994 546 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Tony Smith Edwina Currie writes from parliamentary experience: she was known around
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A one-sided picture Manila — The Real Thing The Cutting Edge SBS Television Tuesday August 23, 8.30pm (8pm South Australia) Previewed by Peter Boyle One of my first impressions as a recent visitor to Manila was how dim most of the
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Twinkletoes Lion Theatre, Adelaide Starring Carol Scarlan Reviewed by Stephen Spence Jennifer Johnstone's Twinkletoes is about "everything and nothing". Carol Scarlan's strong performance of this piece for the Third International
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Human nature and society Bad Boy Bubby Directed by Rolf de Heer Screening at Wallis Theatres, Adelaide Reviewed by Anthony Thirlwall Bad Boy Bubby has been in his room for 35 years. He knows only three living things — his mother,