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By Kevin Healy The sheer inhumanity, the sheer cold-heartedness of totalitarian communism was exposed once and for all this week with a report that people in the Soviet Union are 鈥� thank god we live in a caring capitalist society where this sort

The state of Roe v. Wade The film Roe versus Wade, shown by Channel 7 on May 29 (with a group of anti-abortion activists protesting outside) brought to life the legal and personal dimensions of the famous 1973 US Supreme Court ruling.

Controversy over women's dance By Melanie Sjoberg MELBOURNE 鈥� Months after the event, Northcote City Council has refused to return a bond for the hire of Northcote Town Hall for the International Women's Day dance. The bond was provided by
Newstart When I first heard of Newstart, I assumed that it was yet another tiresome manoeuvre on the part of bureaucrats to allow them even more avenues of harassment: by making us dress up in funny clothes and travel around all day long on public
New national meeting? The Brisbane-based "Australian Green Working Group" is circulating a letter calling for a national meeting on the question of a green party, probably in November. The proposal is based on a controversial call at the June 16
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY 鈥� When the Jabiluka uranium mine site was sold to North Broken Hill Peko Ltd on July 3, the Northern Territory government and what the Australian calls "industry observers" started talking up the possibility that mining
Great tradition "Having lost 21 of the last 23 elections, it is a double blow to the true believers and supporters to have to face the fact that one of the party's brightest hopes has been crippled by a campaign that should have been an
By Susan Mackie Queen of Hearts Screenplay by Tony Grisoni Directed by Jon Amiel Dendy Cinema, Sydney Reviewed by Susan Mackie Voted best film by audiences at the Sydney Film Festival, this story of a close-knit Italian family is told by
Green fridge The Australian Conservation Foundation has launched a quest for an energy-efficient, ozone benign, commercial/domestic refrigerator for use in Australia and developing countries. The ACF's newsletter reports that the quest will
Number One By Andrew L. Shapiro After years of slipping superiority and encroaching mediocrity, the "We're Number One" ethos is born again in America. General Schwarzkopf assures us we're the world's only superpower; President Bush hails the
Hot air at smog summit By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY 鈥� An election promise by Liberal Premier Nick Greiner in the run-up to the NSW elections on May 25 has been fulfilled. A "smog summit" was held July 4-5 to talk about the Sydney region's worsening
Congratulations to you For those who don't read the small print on the cover carefully: this is the 20th issue of 91自拍论坛 Weekly. That makes it an anniversary of sorts. And thereby hangs a tale 鈥� quite a few of them, in fact. When the idea