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Love, Power and Knowledge: Towards a Feminist Transformation of the Sciences By Hilary Rose Polity, 1994. $39.95 Reviewed by Neville Spencer Hilary Rose covers a diverse spectrum of issues in Love, Power and Knowledge — feminist theories
Recovery without jobs for Victorian women By Margarita Windisch MELBOURNE — Although Victoria's economy is currently in an "upturn", fewer women in 1995 have full time jobs than at the lowest point of the recession two years ago. Job
By Sean Magill and Maureen Baker Britain's minister for occupied Ireland, Patrick Mayhew, said last week that there was no question of Sinn Fein, the only Republican party with support throughout Ireland, becoming involved in all-inclusive talks
A short story by Maria Lee I arrive about forty-five minutes early, and park next to the theatre gardens. I walk up to the street and find the building I'm supposed to go to. Along the way, my eyes check for possible parking places for the next
By Dave Andrews ROSEBERY — After many years of campaigning by residents, the new Rosebery Community Hospital was officially opened on March 1. The hospital replaces the dilapidated structure that had served the mining communities on Tasmania's

During the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the general view was that Kazakhstan — a large Asian republic that stretches from the Volga river to China — represented one of the more fortunate parts of the former USSR, writes Boris Kagarlitsky.

US pesticide study sounds alarm Washington, D.C. — A study published on February 27 in the American Journal of Public Health, which finds elevated rates of cancer in children exposed to pesticides, raises yet again the serious and overdue need
Actively Radical TV — This week's program looks at the controversy surrounding Sydney's third runway. Activists Ian Fraser, Aline Smith and Col Hesse discuss Labor's legacy in inner Sydney. CTS (UHF 31), Friday, March 10, 10.30pm (Repeated
NSW Labor hides its agenda for women By Amanda Mitchell Sixty-five women from the Bligh electorate attended a public meeting on February 18 in the Woolloomooloo public housing estate to hear Pam Allen, NSW shadow spokesperson on women's
Poem: Hercegovina em = By Andelko Vuletic Translated by Amila Buturovic Now, over this very stone, where the pollen smells, where the karst is white and the juniper tree is black where the wolf howls and the snake rattles and
Straight sex: the politics of pleasure By Lynne Segal Virago Press 1994 Reviewed by Tyrion Perkins Male power "authentically originates in the penis", claims Andrea Dworkin in her book Pornography: men possessing women. Such views,
At the upcoming UN Environment Program (UNEP) Governing Council in Nairobi in May, it is likely that delegates will vote to start the process to change the current voluntary Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures for chemicals and pesticides into a