Labor swaps media barons
What lies behind Prime Minister Keating's recent outburst against Labor's former favourite media magnate, Kerry Packer? In describing the rejected Optus-Packer plan for a regional pay TV duopoly (with Murdoch-Telecom) as
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By Peter Gellert
and Rosendo Mendoza
MEXICO CITY — In a desperate measure to shore up much-needed support for his crisis-ridden government, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo announced a major offensive on February 9 against the Chiapas
BRISBANE — The destruction of Papua New Guinea's rainforests through industrial-scale logging has reached crisis point, according to a group of four PNG forest campaigners who launched an Australian tour here on February 22.
Launching the "Big
Students suspended over hair
By Rosalind Carr
MELBOURNE — Over the past few weeks, several Melbourne secondary schools have challenged their students' right to education because of the length or colour of their hair.
The media have
Men's liberation
Men's Liberation and Men's Health go together for many men, as it is only when men really look at their health, that they realise how little they care for themselves, and other people. The current health and welfare systems are
The statement below is being circulated for signatures in the union movement. Its initial sponsors (as individuals) are Ian Thompson, secretary of the WA branch of the Community and Public Sector Union, Glenn Ferguson, secretary of the Australasian
ADELAIDE — A committee has been set up to support the current peace process in Ireland, in the wake of the recent tour by Dodie McGuinness for Sinn Fein. Called the Australian Coalition for the Peace Process in Ireland, it aims to get motions
The Playwright's Audience
The other day I met my audience
In a dusty street
He gripped a pneumatic drill in his fists.
For a second he looked up. Rapidly I set up my theatre
Between the houses. He
Looked expectant.
In the pub
I met
For some time now, Green Left has been plugged into the information superhighway. Through the Pegasus network, we draw information and the occasional article and upload the text of the paper each week.
Those with access have been able to read
Hemp: The True Story
Produced by Gary Evans
$49.95
Hemp for Victory
United States government (which later tried to destroy all copies) $29.95
Both available from Casper Publications, PO Box 255, Narrabeen 2101
HEMP
8 page paper of the
Nawal Hassan Osman is touring Australia this month, sponsored by Community Aid Abroad. The tour focuses primarily on her work as director of the Grinding Mills Project for rural women's development in Sudan. However, she is also an outspoken
The Life and Lies of Bertolt Brecht
By John Fuegi
Harper Collins. 732 pp., $39.95, (hb)
Reviewed by Dave Riley
As the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, word went out that this action drew on the inspiration of "the three B's" — Biermann,
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