1500 rally for the forests
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Undeterred by driving rain, 1500 people attended the Gathering for the Forest in Forrest Place on August 9. The rally called on the federal government to stop woodchipping in old growth
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ADELAIDE — An August 11 Adelaide university debate on women's rights to abortion, Resistance and the pro-choice campus clubs versus the "pro-life" group, ended abruptly when National Action forced its closure. National Action, an extreme right-wing
PT launches Brazilian agriculture program
On July 24, the Brazil Popular Front, the coalition supporting the Workers Party (PT), launched its program for Brazilian agriculture — Land, Work and Food for Brazilians — in two regions with a
Repeal all anti-abortion laws!
By Kath Gelber
Actions were held around Australia in the second week of August to coincide with an National Day of Action for Reproductive Rights. The actions focussed on the bid to repeal all anti-abortion
A glimpse behind the figleaf
A good deal of the decisions that most affect our lives are made in secretive and confidential meetings by senior corporate executives — those with the power to invest, speculate, close down factories and
Greens contest Parramatta by-election
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — On August 27, voters in the state seat of Parramatta, once a piece of Labor's "heartland" and now a marginal seat, go to the polls. Some commentators estimate the outcome will
Police powers questioned after night club raid
By Scott Lewington
MELBOURNE — Forty armed police burst into popular city gay and lesbian nightclub, Tasty, on August 7, detaining 463 patrons and staff for up to three hours and strip
By Mairi Petersen
SHELLHARBOUR — For the past ten years the right-wing Labor-controlled Council here has been promoting a plan to destroy a 780-metre popular family beach at South Shellharbour near Wollongong by building a boat harbour.
Andrea Rieniets alive
By Penny Farrow
Adelaide-based artist Andrea Rieniets' Open Cheque Book Performance at the Proscenium on July 29 was a fundraiser to produce her own CD.
Andrea is accompanied by her computer which is programmed
The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Briagde: Americans in the Spanish Civil War
By Peter N Carroll
Stanford University Press 1994, 440 pp., $35.00 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936 with General Franco's
WA Democrats expel members
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Thirteen members of the WA Division of the Australian Democrats were expelled at the end of July by the national executive. Those expelled included individuals on both sides of the
A one-sided picture
Manila — The Real Thing
The Cutting Edge
SBS Television Tuesday August 23, 8.30pm (8pm South Australia)
Previewed by Peter Boyle
One of my first impressions as a recent visitor to Manila was how dim most of the
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