Some of Robyn Archer's best
Ancient Wonders
By Robyn Archer
Larrikin Records
Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg
It is a reflection of the high level of seriousness that Robyn Archer pays to political issues and her home town, that she sent
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Too much power
Canadian publisher Conrad Black's need to feed his enormous ego by revealing personal and political exploits (exploitations) in his self-important autobiography has lifted the lid once more on the shady dealings between leading
By Karen Fredericks
"In Mabo the High Court finally removed terra nullius [the premise that Australia was uninhabited at the time of its "settlement"] from Australian common law. I don't want to be part of a 1993 terra nullius, and I'm far from
The Naked and the Dead
By Norman MailerWith an Introduction by John PilgerFlamingo 1993. 717 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon
In 1948, Norman Mailer published one of the best novels to come out of World War II. This 1993 reissue of
By Nicole Ernst
BRISBANE — Environmental activists protested in the early hours of the morning at the Hamilton wharves on November 22. The aim of the protest was to raise awareness about destructive logging operations in Malaysia.
Greenpeace and the Ningaloo Preservation Association on Exmouth on November 26 staged a protest against an oil company which is about to start exploration drilling next to a marine park of world significance off the WA coast.
Two Greenpeace
MELBOURNE — The Australia Cuba Friendship Society organised a well-attended barbecue on November 21 to mark the completion of its latest project, which raised $4000 to pay for an electric power generator for a medical clinic in Cuba. The 80 people
By Superna Aggarwal
When the Berlin Wall came tumbling down in 1989, it marked the end of a Cold War which began with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. The age of certainty had passed. The Soviet threat was gone and with it much of the
C.D.s and Other Things
By Peter Lyssiotis and Gyorgy Scrinis
Masterthief Enterprises, 1993. 52 pp., $7.50
Reviewed by Anthony O'Donnell
"Only connect." This injunction of E.M. Forster's (I think) is as good a fulcrum as any from which to
Radio Skid Row-Koori Radio 2RSR-FM radiothon — Continuing until December 4, Sydney's inner city public radio station 2RSR-FM is holding its annual radiothon. Radiothon week will feature extra special programming, give-aways and prizes for new
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The Arnold ALP government launched its bid for the women's vote in the December 11 state election, a policy titled "Women-Moving Forward", on November 22.
Some of the highlights are pledges to:
create
By John Pilger
When the United Nations leaves Cambodia, it will dismantle the only national organisation clearing landmines. Training of Cambodians to clear mines has stopped and vital equipment has been removed, leaving people isolated in
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