Rebirth of the Cool By Norm Dixon One of the more interesting and welcome developments in contemporary music is the evolution of what has been tagged "acid jazz". While it's yet to garner a large audience in Australia, the success of the
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Dalai Lama tour a success By Cameron S. Boyd BRISBANE — More than 5000 people crammed Brisbane's Albert Park to hear the Dalai Lama speak on May 13, and a further 2000 attended a public meeting at the Cultural Centre the night before.
By Dick Nichols SYDNEY — The crash of the paper entrepreneurs of the 1980s — Bond, Skase and the rest — has been accompanied by the waning of "economic rationalism", the doctrine that sanctified the decade of greed. Now "economic
By Kevin Healy What's this? Here's the minister for communicating with Lord Kerry but not with parliament, Senator Graeme Party-hack-son, rushing into the office. Looks like he's going to do a bit of communications of his own: "I've just got to
By Graham Mathews and Tracy Sorensen The state government bus service in Newcastle is the latest target in the Greiner Liberal government's "Privatisation is for everyone" campaign. The bus drivers' union, public transport lobby groups and
Now And In The Time To Be: Ireland and the Irish By Thomas Keneally Pan MacMillan, 1991. 208 pp. $39.95 Reviewed by Bernie Brian In his foreword, Thomas Keneally suggests that "sentiment is the malaise of the returning pilgrim of Irish
Granma comments on upheaval HAVANA — In a full-page editorial on May 6, the Cuban newspaper Granma says that while vote-hunting in Miami recently, President Bush predicted social upheavals in Cuba. Bush obviously did not realise, it notes,
By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — The National Conference in Solidarity with Cuba, held in the Victorian Trades Hall on May 9-10, attracted more than 200 participants from all around the country. They represented a wide range of organisations and
Defending the Earth: A Dialogue Between Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman Edited with an introduction by Steve Chase A Learning Alliance Book from South End Press, Boston, Mass. 1991. 147 pp. Reviewed by Joanne Dittersdorf In recent years the
The timber and paper needs of Victoria could be satisfied entirely from existing plantations, creating 2000 jobs in the process and saving native forests from further encroachment. These are the findings of a recent report commissioned by the
Crisis deepens for Dayaks By Survival Urgent Action Bulletin Government intimidation of tribal peoples in Sarawak is escalating. This year alone more than 50 Dayak people have been arrested for blockading the logging roads into their forest.
By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — Indonesian environmental and human rights activist Dipa Ramelan spoke here at a crowded public meeting on May 15. Dipa is being toured by Environmental Youth Alliance and AKSI(Indonesian action) to inform and
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