Emergency appeal for Cuba
On October 17, Cuba was hit by the worst hurricane in 50 years. Hurricane Lilli ripped through the island destroying houses, crops, roads, schools, hospitals and electrical supplies. Many provinces are isolated and without
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By Chris Martin
SYDNEY — Aborigines fighting for the preservation of the historic "Day of Mourning" conference site are urging everyone concerned with justice for indigenous Australians to join their protest outside state parliament on November
SBS Cyberwatch — Throughout November, SBS will screen 10 programs — films and documentaries — relating to the world's advancing technological systems. Cyberwatch will delve into high-tech animation, factual geometry, biotechnology, the science
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,
Looking out: Gushing with gratitude
By Brandon Astor Jones and Karen Illingworth
"Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat [in much the same way that friendship] ... is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house.
By Kamala Emanuel
Interns in the Hunter Area Health Service struck on November 1, and other hospital medical staff around the country participated in symbolic actions to "mourn the death of medical care". The national day of action was called by
By Brendan O'Reilly
The Cup sucks. This year I just couldn't get happy about it, being the anniversary of someone's suicide. The most unread, underrated Frank Hardy novel has got to be The Four Legged Lottery. It dealt with what he called
Washington BabylonBy Alexander Cockburn and Ken SilversteinVerso, 1996. 316 pp, $24.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon The US has the best politicians that money can buy. This is an old joke that never fades but, although certain Australian politicians
By Eva Cheng
On September 15, 12,000 people took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest Tokyo's recent manoeuvres to renew claims over the Diaoyu islands (called Senkaku by Japan). Ownership of these islands, 200 km north-east of Taiwan, has been
The Democrats' agreement to support the Howard government's anti-union Workplace Relations Bill (WRB) should be condemned, but the real betrayal was by the Labor Party and the ACTU. While Labor leader Kim Beazley postures about the ALP's "total
By Joan Lockwood Here are some ideas, expressed by two different people, from two different hemispheres, 70 years apart. Pauline Hanson in her inaugural speech to parliament, September 10, 1996: "I am fed up to the back teeth, with inequalities that
Labor looks to modernise
By Sean Healy
MELBOURNE — Given the defeats suffered by Labor governments over the last 12 months, you would think a conference entitled Social Democracy: Future Directions would attempt to explain why Labor is on the
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