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Theatre for the New World Order

By Al McCall BRISBANE — The Satire Workshop has been making headway. Originally foundered as a pilot project to disseminate and promote political satire throughout Australia, the workshop has met with a ready response, as much overseas as

Macquarie workers strike for equal pay

Macquarie workers strike for equal pay By Lachlan Malloch SYDNEY — Food and beverage workers at Macquarie University Union voted unanimously to strike on the afternoon of September 8. They were demanding an end to inequality. Presently,

Peace forum on Sri Lanka

Peace forum on Sri Lanka By Sue Bull CANBERRA — A group called Friends of Peace in Sri Lanka held a lively forum of 50 people on August 31 to explore the possibilities of an end to the war in that troubled country. The group is an

New DSP web page

By Peter Green The Democratic Socialist Party has a new web page. It can be accessed at http://www.peg.apc.org/~dsp. It aims to be not only an accessible introduction to the views and activities of the DSP, but also an extensive resource of DSP

The politics behind the carbuncles

Inventing Mark Twain: The Lives of Samuel Langhorne ClemensBy Andrew HoffmanWeidenfeld & Nicolson1997, 572 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Mark Twain is often regarded as a simple humorist and writer of children's books about growing

'Educational elitism' in the Philippines

'Educational elitism' in the Philippines By Lachlan Malloch SYDNEY = Arnel Casanova spoke on the struggle against privatisation of education in the Philippines at Macquarie University on September 11. Casanova is a left-wing member of the

In brief

In brief By Barry Healy BP backs off Energy conglomerate British Petroleum has backed off from legal attempts to seize the bank accounts of UK Greenpeace. On August 21, BP dropped court actions against Greenpeace for its campaign

Action updates

Action for native title BRISBANE — A branch of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) was launched here on August 31. Fifty people gathered at Kangaroo Point to hear speakers stress the need to defeat the Howard

Indigenous and non-indigenous artistry

Preview by Lynda Hansen The Marrugeku Company was created specifically to produce Mimi in which performers from the Stalker Theatre Company, indigenous dancers and musicians from Western Australia, and Aboriginal dancers, musicians and painters

Brutal reaction to student sit-in

Brutal reaction to student sit-in By Will Williams CANBERRA — On September 11, after an Australian National University student general meeting, a small group of students held a brief, peaceful sit-in in the university chancellery.

Push media — whether you want it or not

Very soon every purchaser of a new Windows-based computer will have Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer's world view delivered right into their homes without even having to remember to subscribe. It's no fuss, no mess, no choice news on-line. Every

... and ain't i a woman?: Decriminalise prostitution

Decriminalise prostitution Debates surrounding brothels in two Sydney suburbs raise, once again, the question of feminists' perspective on prostitution. Earlier this year a brothel which has operated in Liverpool Street for five