By Max Lane
There is still no end to the government's threats to deport the 1358 East Timorese refugees in Australia, despite a court ruling in their favour. Following the May 2 Federal Court decision to set aside a decision of the Refugee
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Ludic Feminism and After: Postmodernism, Desire, and Labor in Late CapitalismBy Teresa EbertUniversity of Michigan Press, 1996. 338 pp., $25.95 Review by Greg Ogle
For those, like me, who had to consult a dictionary to find out what ludic means,
By Jo Brown
SYDNEY — After the successful national day of action on May 8, an overnight tent city was set up in the main quadrangle at Sydney University. About 10 tents were pitched on the lawns surrounded by the sandstone walls of the old
Death of a SalesmanBy Arthur MillerDirected by Sandra BatesEnsemble TheatrePlayhouse, Sydney Opera House Review by Brendan Doyle
First staged in 1949 but still powerfully relevant, Miller's best-known play Death of a Salesman is as searing and
Immigration and racism
It never ceases to amaze me how some people can keep on pushing the tired old racism barrow when it comes to immigration, when by now it should be crystal clear to everyone, even your journalist Lisa Macdonald ("Population
By Sean Healy
More than 10,000 university and secondary students and university staff rallied nationwide on May 8 to demand that the federal government reverse the drastic funding cuts to education implemented in last year's budget. The national
No justiceNo justice
By Brandon Astor Jones
"The best use of [justice and] law ... is to teach men to trample bad [justice and] law under their feet." — Wendell Phillips (1811-1884).
BAJ: What is your name and number?
BP:
By Norm Dixon
With the rebels of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Zaire-Congo (ADFL) just a few days' march from the capital, Kinshasa, dictator Mobutu Sese Seko suddenly left Zaire on May 7 to attend a meeting of
On May 9, more than 3000 anti-racist protesters prevented Pauline Hanson from launching her One Nation party in Hobart. In contrast to the large crowd of protesters, the launch attracted just over 300 supporters. Tony Iltis reports that more than
Left on-line
Hackers breach Suharto's defences — Portuguese hackers, protesting against the Indonesian government's occupation of East Timor, recently broke into the Indonesian Military Network home page and altered its contents. Earlier this
Lucky it happens so seldom
"Sacking an entire class of apprentices just before they were due to take up permanent positions with Qantas is the kind of behaviour which gives the free market a bad name ..." — Liberal MP Tony Abbott.
In his state of the republic address last year, French President Jacques Chirac said: "The dissolution of the National Assembly is a constitutional weapon which the president cannot deploy for reasons of personal convenience". But On April 21, Chirac
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