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A 'riot' that wasn't

By Jenny Long SYDNEY — On the afternoon of Sunday, October 17, 30,000 people attended the annual Arabic Festival at Gough Whitlam Park, in Tempe, a southern suburb. The festival was described by the organisers, the Australian Arabic Welfare

The dangers of an urban Pacific future

By David Robie PORT MORESBY — At the rate Pacific urban areas are growing, many are in danger of becoming unsustainable. Some, such as ghettoes like Ebeye and squatter settlements in Port Moresby and Papeete, already are. But a University

Leave Hollywood at home

BeDevil Written and directed by Tracey Moffat At Melbourne's Cinema Nova and Academy and Walker Cinemas in Sydney from October 28 Reviewed by Peter Boyle The three films that make up BeDevil were shot together in six weeks — on a low

Abortion in Germany: back to the Netherlands?

By Marita Mueller The fall of the Berlin Wall in October 1989 and the reunification of Germany a year later had many consequences for East German women. At reunification East German laws were simply replaced by West German ones, without any

Alliance 'changes the debate' in New Zealand

By Frank Noakes AUCKLAND — The Alliance, a coalition of progressive parties, faces the conservative parties in the November 6 New Zealand general election confident that it has already forced the debate away from the extreme free market

... and ain't i a woman?: Stopping sexual violence

Stopping sexual violence I suspect most readers will have at least one political activity planned for this week — the annual Reclaim the Night march. Reclaim the Night is now an annual event in nearly every major city in Australia, and in

Yeltsin: a Pinochet in the making?

By Sean Healy BUDAPEST — With the recent confrontation in Moscow, Russia seems to be entering a new stage. TAMAS KRAUSZ, a leader of the Hungarian Left Alternative and a member of the Institute for Russian Soviet Studies, spoke to Green Left

Challenge to Victorian PSU leaders

By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — Tony Longland is contesting Branch Executive and National Council positions in Public Sector Union elections in Victoria in November. Longland, employed by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, has opposed the

Fifteen troupes in theatre festival

Broad Accents Sydney's third multicultural theatre festival November 4-27 Seymour Centre and Fairfield Arts Centre The work of more than 15 theatre groups, from as many homelands and all resident in Australia, will be showcased in the

Stand-up comic of the revolution

The Lenny Bruce Originals Compact Discs in two volumes Fantasy 1991 FCD-60-023/4 Reviewed by Dave Riley Over 20 years ago in our shared, boldly political household, we took our icons seriously. To live the revolution in those days, we made

Trade wars: APEC's secret agenda

By Peter Boyle December 15 is the deadline set by the United States Congress for the Clinton administration to clinch a deal with the European Community on the prolonged Uruguay round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks.

Radio highlights

What is it About Rap that I like? — Since the '80s, rap music has been gathering momentum all over the world. From music to fashion, this rap style has redefined popular culture. Why is it so popular? This two-part feature unravels the roots of rap