By Christopher Kennedy The project is, from an environmental point of view, frightening. In a cluttered back room the reader, an environmentalist, tries to wade through the huge pile of engineering data in the environmental impact statement. The
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Antonia's LineWritten and directed by Marleen GorrisStarring Willeke Van Ammelrooy and Els DottermansDutch, with English subtitlesAt Dendy Cinema, Sydney, on March 9, 5pmOpens across Australia from March 14Reviewed by Natasha Simons Set in the Dutch
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in LoveDirected by Maria MaggentiOpens March 7, Chauvel and Valhalla Cinemas, SydneyReviewed by Margaret Allan This is a lovely film about first love, with all of its excitement and awkwardness that is part
By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — Around 20,000 workers representing some 300 factory-based unions attended the first regular congress of the socialist labour centre BMP (Solidarity of Filipino Workers), held here on February 21. Elected unanimously by
When the federal election was called five weeks ago, Green Left Weekly quickly went into campaign mode in an effort to bring you as much information as possible about the most important issues and about progressive candidates. Environmental policies,
By Peter Perkins SYDNEY — The Carr government has begun to restructure the State Rail Authority in line with the neo-liberal economic recommendations advocated by Hilmer. Last April the state premiers endorsed the National Competition Policy. In
McSpotlight (http://www.mcspotlight.org /) — An on-line interactive library of information and communication on everything that McDonald's don't want the public to know. Compiled by a huge team of volunteers working from 14 different countries,
By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — When the federal elections were announced, significant industrial disputes that had been simmering around the country, and especially in Victoria, were put on hold. Rather than helping to resolve these ongoing attacks on
By Michael Karadjis SYDNEY — "Residents terrorised by 50-strong Deuce gang", claimed one of the tabloids recently, regarding some incidents on the East Fairfield Housing Estate (Villawood). In fact "deuce" was just a word written on walls by an
R.I.P. "In Rupert Murdoch and Ken Cowley we have two men beside us we trust with our lives." — Fax to media organisations from Canberra Raider players aligned with Murdoch's would-be Super League. Of others? "The number one champion of nuclear
By Eva Cheng As the anniversary of the 1959 uprising in Tibet against Chinese occupation draws near, speculation is growing whether there will be new outbursts of pro-independence protests there. On March 10, 1959, Chinese troops went into the
By Dr Tuntuni Bhattacharyya The equally negative responses of Paul Keating and John Howard to a question during the ABC's pre-election "great debate" on February 25 about their positions on women's right to choose abortion clearly illustrated that
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