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Kennett to close more schools

Kennett to close more schools By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — At least another 159 state schools are to be closed in Victoria according to an announcement by the Kennett government on October 15. Teachers' unions warn that the real number to

Meeting challenges Keating's stand on Mabo

By Nick Everett BRISBANE — "Australia and its citizens ... have an opportunity before them to do something about the dispossession and alienation of Aboriginal people. If Australia doesn't at this particular time pick it up, then this

ANC rejects referendum move

By Norm Dixon The African National Congress has rejected suggestions by South African President F.W. de Klerk that a referendum be held if right-wing parties opposed to the April 27 elections do not return to multiparty talks within four weeks.

Cuba's revolution: can it survive the 'new world order'?

[This article first appeared in the US magazine CrossRoads. It is excerpted from a series of interview which MEDEA BENJAMIN conducted with JUAN ANTONIO BLANCO. Blanco is a former diplomat and senior analyst with the Central Committee of the Cuban

Riding the backlash

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson By Camille Paglia Yale University Press, 1990. 718 pages Sex, Art and American Culture By Camille Paglia Viking, 1993. 337 pages Reviewed by Margarita Windisch

Looking out: What's it like?

What's it like? By Brandon Astor JOnes "What's it like to be an African-American male in America?" Well, come with me on a non-fictional walk through Washington, DC, and I'll tell you how it's been for me. The distinct hum of an

Radio highlights

International Playhouse: Every Traveller Has Some Luggage — A radio play by Carlos Cerda. Chilean writer Carlos Cerda spent 10 years in political exile in Germany. He returned to Chile in 1984 to write this play. The play's main character finds the

Feedlots are greed lots

By Dave Riley Australia is home to 17 million people and 24 million cattle. On a cowpat ratio, that's one of the highest proportions of cattle to people in the world. In Queensland, beef cattle outnumber humans by more than two to one. In

South African unions: 'democracy is more than elections'

By Norm Dixon SOWETO — As preparations for South Africa's first non-racial election gather pace, 1600 delegates attended a special Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) congress on September 10-12. Discussion focused on COSATU's role

Sexuality and genetic research

Comment by Sam Solomon In 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ #117, there was a report of a meeting held in Melbourne around "Genetics and Sexuality". The current controversy centres on an article by Dean H. Hamer and co-workers in the July 16 edition of Science.

Jervis Bay strike for jobs

By Bernie Brian WOLLONGONG — Twenty-four workers at the Jervis Bay naval training base, HMAS Creswell, have been on strike since September 9. They are maintaining a 24-hour picket line in the dispute over Defence Department plans to contract

Hobart march for free education

Story by Laura Bahnisch Photo by David Dettrick HOBART — More than 300 people rallied on October 13 and marched to the office of local MP Duncan Kerr (for Denison) to protest against the Labor government's education policy and call for free