By John Tognolini
"Objectivity" and "balance" are terms used by many journalists to cop out of stating the obvious: that Aboriginal people in Australia are the victims of institutionalised racism from police and prison officers, and that these
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Israeli peace movement revives
In the euphoria created in Israel by the September 13 handshake on the White House lawn, most of the peace groups in Israel "demobilised". Peace Now, Yesh Gvul ("There is a limit" — soldiers refusing operations
To mark the 206th anniversary of the beginning of the European invasion of Australian, we asked a range of people from the Aboriginal community to comment on what was or wasn't accomplished in the International Year of Indigenous People, and on the
By Francisco Sobrino
BUENOS AIRES — On July 13, 1992, Time proclaimed "Menem's miracle" and showed the Argentine president as a shining sun.
Time was not alone: the entire imperialist media have been very satisfied with the way Carlos
By Tim E. Stewart
First it was the spray-painted stencils "Certified Post-Arrivalist" on the footpaths of Sydney. Then there was a splattering of fluorescent stickers — poles, bus shelters, traffic lights all Certified Post-Arrivalist.
By Norm Dixon
Opinion polls in South Africa indicate that support for the African National Congress may be close to the all-important 66% mark. Should the ANC win the April 27 elections with more than a two-thirds majority, it will be able to
Playland
Written and directed by Athol Fugard
With John Kani and Sean Taylor
Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
Reviewed by Jorge Sotirios
Athol Fugard has written many a play which resonates with a commitment to the plight of the oppressed in
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — In the weeks after Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party polled strongly in the Russian parliamentary elections, a phrase constantly on the lips of government supporters was "the threat of fascism". On
Free trade
The policy of free trade and the free movement of capital, pursued around the world during the last decade, has been part of a Class War by the rich against the poor, with the middle class sitting on the fence enjoying the benefits.
By Pip Hinman
Widespread popular support for the demands of the Zapatista rebel movement in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has created a serious political crisis for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government. President
The Snapper
Directed by Stephen Frears
With Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Ruth McCabe
Dendy Cinema, Sydney
Reviewed by Catherine Brown
"Am I the only person in this house taking this seriously?", asks Dessie Curley (Colm Meaney) as his
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — On January 17, only a week before the start of the school term, the Directorate of School Education finally announced some details on the proposed Richmond coeducational facility.
The announcement was made nearly
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