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The shame of it all

The shame of it all By Brandon Astor Jones "Who cares if the bullet that killed the police officer was of a different caliber than Jamal's gun? So what if an NABJ luminary is snuffed out without a fair trial? The NABJ has more

On the box

On the box Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. Movie Matinee: Rosa Luxemburg

Action updates

Action updates Indonesian anniversary protests MELBOURNE — Two hundred protesters gathered outside the Indonesian consulate on August 17 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of Indonesian independence. The

The hand that keeps the photograph

The Hand that Signed the Paper By Helen Demidenko Allen & Unwin: 1994. 157 pp., $13.95 (pb) Reviewed by Vivienne Porzsolt I am Jewish. My parents got out of Prague the day Hitler's troops marched in — March 15, 1939. Most

Write on

Write on Atlanta and executions Next year the Olympic Games will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, and no doubt there will be a great deal of hoop-la surrounding these games and the citizens of Georgia will be celebrating the peak

US military still plaguing the Philippines

By Michael Garay The "Soviet threat", which provided the US justification for the transformation of the Pacific into an "American Lake" has ended. The Pentagon, however, intends to remain. "It is ironic that at the very zenith

High school students get angry, organise against nukes

By Wendy Robertson "It is young people who will bear the brunt of the effects of nuclear testing, environmental destruction and economic irrationalism. We want to fight back. School authorities and governments should realise that, not only

Where Helen Garner goes wrong

By Kath Gelber The release of Helen Garner's The First Stone earlier this year hit a nerve. The book ostensibly described, in fictional terms, the case of a master at a Melbourne University college accused of sexually harassing two

... and ain't i a woman?: '70s feminists

'70s feminists In the '90s, the '70s wave of social movements is over and done with, so we are told. This is an era in which the term "'70s feminist" has begun to be used as a term of abuse. What is a '70s feminist? A variety of

Protests against Chinese nuclear tests

By Eva Cheng The Chinese government's latest nuclear test, on August 16, has triggered a wave of protests across the country. The latest test took place at Lop Nor in China's north west province of Xinjiang, the same site as the May 15

Residents protest against freeway

Residents protest against freeway By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — About 70 people protested on August 12 against Premier Jeff Kennett's City Link mega-freeway project, which will link the eastern and the Tullamarine freeways. The

Public service union restructure in a mess

By Frank Gollan SYDNEY — Plans by the Public Sector Union Group of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) to restructure massively are floundering. The plans are designed to centralise financial and other controls of the group,