By Peter Boyle
April 22 is the 125th anniversary of the birth of the leader of the Russian Revolution, V.I. Lenin. In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is increased debate over Lenin's contribution to the movement for
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Eyes have turned toward developments in the Middle East in recent weeks as negotiations between the Palestinian National Authority and the Israeli government hit crisis point. Forty-seven per cent of Israelis polled by the newspaper Yediot Aharonot
Northlands appeal in Supreme Court
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — The vindictiveness of the Kennett government will be on display again on January 30, when the Supreme Court hears an appeal against the reopening of Northlands Secondary
By Mary Heath
Women around Australia have spent the last nine months planning a national peace action to be held over Easter. It will take place at the Australian Defence Industries (ADI) factory in Benalla, north-eastern Victoria.
The
By Karen Fry and Alex Bainbridge
NEWCASTLE — A state government commission of inquiry into the Pasminco Metals-Sulphide company's proposed $41 million expansion was held January 10-14. The expansion aims to increase production by up to 30%,
The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination 1969-1994
By Edward W. Said
Chatto & Windus, 1994. 420 pp., $39.95 (hb)
Reviewed by Sean Moysey
Coincidentally while pondering the sharp and intriguing
Bunji: A story of the Gwalwa Daraniki movement
By Bill Day
Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994. 156 pp.
Reviewed by Deb Sorensen
There is a consistently unfunny comic strip which appears in the Northern Territory News titled Bunji. On first
The Killing of History: How a Discipline is Being Murdered by Literary Critics and Social Theorists
By Keith Windschuttle
Macleay, 1994. 266 pp., $39.95 (hb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Foucault, Barthes, Lyotard, Baudrillard, Derrida, Lacan
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — In the foothills of the Caucasus mountains near Russia's southern border, the battle is still raging for Grozny, the capital of the rebellious Chechen republic. At many other points throughout Chechnya, a popular
Privatisation pays off
By John Queripel
MANILA — Philippine government-owned oil company Petron was recently privatised. If you've ever thought a government-owned company was underpriced when privatised, here was your example par
You're in safe hands
By John Queripel
MANILA — In a bizarre case, police senior superintendent Teodorico Viduya has been charged with killing another officer, chief inspector Rocky Victoria, in Santa Lucia, Pasig, Metro Manila.
The
Monuments
By Karl-Erik Paasonen
Where are the statues for civilians killed?
I want monuments for the victims
Where are the statues for the dead of Hanoi?
I want monuments for the victims
And where are the statues for Australians
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