Fat is (still) a feminist issue
By Sarah Stephen
"A woman can't be too rich or too thin." So said the duchess of Windsor, and so says every fashion and beauty magazine, every television ad, every weight loss centre and even many families, friends
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Green Left Weekly's RUSSELL PICKERING spoke to STEVE ROACH, secretary of the Shearers and Rural Workers Union, about the struggle to get rural workers covered by a union which will defend their interests. Question: How did the SRWU get coverage at
Telstra privatisation
Following Telstra CEO Frank Blount's announcement, several weeks ago, of a record interim profit of $1.6 billion, PM John Howard and treasurer Peter Costello have been talking up their plan to fully privatise the profitable
TwoBy Jim CartwrightDirected by Crispin TaylorWith Julie Hudspeth and Daniel MitchellEnsemble Theatre, Kirribilli, Sydney, until March 28. Review by Allen Myers
The "two" of Jim Cartwright's play are the couples whose stories can be viewed in a
Cajun down under
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers kicked off their Australian tour at the Adelaide Festival's Club Squeezebox, February 27-March 1. It seems Beau Jocque and his gang are the biggest things in the south Louisiana-east Texas
Aboriginal health
I read with interest the issues article "Rough justice for Port Keats" by Sam McQuillan (GLW #306). I am a registered nurse who has worked in remote area communities and also undertaken research on this subject for a period of
Reinterpreting Malinche
Malinche's FireWritten by Beatriz Copello and developed by the Malinche Project's Artistic TeamShowing at the Fairfield School of Arts, March 14-15. Ph 9559 2973. Review by Francesca Davis
Malinche's Fire is a magic
Rally in solidarity with Pivot workers
By Andrew Hall
WOLLONGONG — A picket at the Pivot fertiliser plant in Port Kembla, demanding the reinstatement of sacked workers, has entered its sixth week. A solidarity rally and march are to held on
By Marina Carman
SYDNEY — A decision by the appeals committee at Sydney University has ruled that the Student Representative Council's current president, right-winger Adair "the Bear" Durie, be removed from office. The ruling follows an appeal by
The chickens are coming home
Today I want to talk about the family. Your family, my family, little Johnny's family down the road — and, in a roundabout way, the family of man.
The family: what would we do without it? Who feeds or clothes
The Myth of FingerprintsDirected by Bart FreundlichStars Noah Wyle, Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner and Julianne MooreReleased on March 19. Review by Margaret Allan
"It's about identity and how it's not a constant the way a fingerprint is. People
By Francesca Davis
The Coalition government is taking steps to remove any remaining limits on industry's ability to pollute and dispose of hazardous wastes, both in and out of Australia. Plans to lower pollution standards, the lack of public access
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