The Laramie ProjectBy Moises KaufmanBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyUntil April 15
REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH
In 1998, near the town of Laramie in the US state of Wyoming, two young men tortured a young gay man, Matt Shepard, and left him for dead. The
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BY MARCEL CAMERON
MELBOURNE — In response to the call by the M1 Alliance for a strike and blockade of the Australian Stock Exchange on May 1, construction workers will walk off city building sites and march on stock market offices here before
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, dumbfounded many at a guest lecture
when he advanced his theory about a link between skin color and sex drive.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 25, 2000.
My attention was caught recently by
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Widow of the Revolution: the Anna Larina
REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH
Up For GrabsBy David WilliamsonSydney Theatre CompanyDrama Theatre, Sydney Opera HouseUntil April 21
Up For Grabs is ostensibly about the art market, but it is full of the usual gossip about the Sydney social types that
BY SEAN HEALY
The military dictatorship of General Pervaiz Musharraf has launched
a fierce crackdown against its opponents, arresting 20 leaders of political
parties belonging to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, including
the
Invisible War: Depleted Uranium and the politics of radiationSBS, April 3, 8.30pm
REVIEW BY JIM GREEN
Invisible War, produced by the French company Canal Plus and released in February last year, investigates the use of depleted uranium (DU)
BY JON LAND
Chances are increasingly remote that the Indonesian legal system will bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses committed before, during and after East Timor's August 1999 referendum. Any trial that does
Crony capitalism, US-style
"[T]he US air Force has devised an ambitious plan to help Boeing, the world's biggest commercial jet producer, sell a version of its latest jumbo military transport to private cargo companies... the C-17 Globemaster...
The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has called for this year's world water day to be declared a day of mourning for the millions of people who are sick and dying as a result of not having access to water.
The United Nations chose