By Chris Martin
Eleven years ago John Pat, a 16-year-old Aboriginal man from Roebourne, WA, died of a brain haemorrhage in a police cell.
John's short life and brutal death became a focus for black anger, fired by the acquittal
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Adelaide's annual Green Left Weekly dinner dance was held on the evening of Saturday, September 17. The theme of the evening was "Freedom and Justice in the Asia Pacific". Around 180 supporters of Green Left attended and were treated to a sumptuous
The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier
By Amy Wilentz
Vintage. 427 pp., $17.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Is there light at the end of Haiti's 500-year long tunnel, which that country entered following its first contact
True Stories: Boys and Balls
Director Sue Thompson
ABC, Sunday, September 25, 8.30pm
Reviewed by Frank Enright
In Boys and Balls, Sue Thompson set out to be quite cruel about men's fixation with balls but ended up producing
By Francesca Davidson
Three hundred students stormed the Chancellery Building at the Australian National University on Thursday, September 15, while thousands of other students held mass rallies around the country in protest at proposals
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — "After the parade of sovereignties, the parade of infections will begin!" This sombre prediction by Mikhail Narkevich, a leading Russian specialist in the field of sanitary inspection, was made in 1991. His
By Pip Hunter
The September 12 deal between the federal government, the ACTU and officials from the Maritime Union of Australia gives the go-ahead to the partial privatisation of the Australian National Line. The government has agreed to
By Pip Hinman and Zanny Begg
She's been called the diva of world hip-hop and Afro-funk dance and the new international voice of Africa. But however you choose to describe Angelique Kidjo's music and song, her performance on September 15,
Looking out: Deals and incompetence
By Brandon Astor Jones
"They don't try to prove you innocent even if you is innocent. All they wanna do is make a deal that they think will keep 'em from fryin' you. They couldn't even do that
MELBOURNE — In February 1991, Anthony Krog died after he was sent by his employer, Denbo Pty Ltd, to drive a truck with serious brake problems on the Western Ring Road project. When the case went to court in June, the company was fined $10,000 for
Wollongong march
By Freya Pinney
WOLLONGONG — 250 people met at the Trade Union Centre on September 16 to protest against all forms of privatisation. City council workers struck for three hours to attend.
Protesters
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), long considered South Africa's most important liberation movement after the African National Congress (ANC), surprised many with its massive electoral failure in the April elections. The PAC won 1.3% of the national
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