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On the box

Manyu Wana — A unique Aboriginal children's program incorporating music, magic and stories. SBS, 10.30am, Saturday, December 10. The Comic Strip Presents — Bringing together the best of British comedians. In this week's episode, Jennifer

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Nativity in Black: A tribute to Black Sabbath Various artists Columbia Records Reviewed by Nick Fredman Before Metallica, before Soundgarden, before Spinal Tap even, there was Black Sabbath. With the insipid and

Looking out: Parts of the rainbow are violent

Looking out: Parts of the rainbow are violent By Brandon Astor Jones "In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." — Booker Taliaferro

Ukraine: Kuchma launches the wrong reforms

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Amid bitter protests from miners, teachers and other sections of organised labour, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has begun implementing a program of "reform" designed to wipe the last traces of socialism from the

Action updates

ADELAIDE — On November 26, 120 people attended a protest rally over the privatisation of Modbury Hospital. Speakers, led by local residents, called for an ongoing campaign to save the hospital, the most efficient in the state. Lea Stevens from the

Tax the rich

Tax the rich We've had the recession that we had to have and now, just when we thought it was safe to go out, Treasurer Willis, Prime Minister Keating and Reserve Bank governor Fraser are concurring with business economists on the tax increases

East Timor and the media

A Critical View of Western Journalism and Scholarship on East Timor By Geoffrey Gunn (with Jefferson Lee) Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers, 1994. 271 pp., $25 (pb) Available by postal order from PO Box 703, Leichhardt 2040 Reviewed by

Write on: letters to the editor

Oil companies and Timor My congratulations to the members of Resistance and others, who protested against Gareth Evans' policies at the Park Grand Hotel in Sydney on November 21. Due to taking the kids to school, I arrived late, to find the long

Scientist 'alarmed' over Hinchinbrook go-ahead

Scientist 'alarmed' over Hinchinbrook go-ahead By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The use of a recent scientific report to overturn objections to developer Keith Williams' controversial Port Hinchinbrook project was an abuse, an environmental

Time to go: UN fails Bosnia

By Frank Enright The emperor has no clothes. The sham of the West's so-called peacekeeping operation in Bosnia has been finally stripped bare with the entry into the UN-designated "safe haven" of Bihac by Serb forces. Along the way, the Serbs

Coming year 'crucial' for East Timor

By Arun Pradhan For Helio Tavares of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT), political life started young. Today a member of UDT's regional directorate, since the age of 16 he has seen his country through a civil war and an invasion by Indonesia.

ALP struggling to contain third runway anger

By Dick Nichols SYDNEY — Sydney's Leichhardt Oval was the scene on Saturday, December 3, of one of the angriest protest rallies in the city in the last 20 years. As the 747s howled overhead, around 15,000 inner city residents gathered to