REVIEW BY ALISON DELLIT
Absolute FriendsJohn Le CarreHodder & StaughtonLondon, 2004384 pages, $19.95 (Tpb)
In the Cold War-spawned genre of tense spy thrillers, John Le Carre's work stood out. Not only did he have a sharp sense of humanity, but
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I hide in the rubble of your conscience, each bomb you drop implodes your invincibilityas rats tire of eating decomposing bodies,then turn and gnaw at your humanity.Whilst maggots invade the ears of the deadyour words are drowned in your
Venezuela — A 21st Century RevolutionProduced by the Global Women's StrikeVHS, US$22.50 (includes postage and handling)Order from <http://www.allwomencount.net.htm>.
REVIEWED BY KATELYN MOUNTFORD
The women of Venezuela are fighting
Malik Miah, San Francisco
Today four of the top 10 US airlines — United Airlines (UAL), US Airways, ATA and Hawaiian Airlines — are operating under chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy law, which allows corporations to seek protection from creditors
Tamara Pearson &Norman Brewer, Sydney
On December 6, 300 people rallied in the inner-
city suburb of Redfern to protest against the sale of
Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) land and the local public
school under the NSW Labor government plan
The Motorcycle DiariesWritten by Jose Rivera, based on the books of Che Guevera and Alberto GranadoDirected by Walter SallesWith Gael Garc¡a Bernal & Rodrigo De la Serna.
REVIEW BY DUROYAN FERTL
On January 4, 1952, 23-year-old Argentine Ernesto
Norm Dixon
Thousands of delegates from almost 200 governments around the world converged on Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, on December 6-17 for the latest in the seemingly interminable rounds of talks aimed at implementing the 1997 Kyoto
On December 3, a group of apartheid victims vowed to step up their fight for reparations after a New York district court rejected their claim against multinational companies including Barclays national bank, Ford Motor Company, Mobil,
North Korea: Another CountryBy Bruce CumingsScribe Publications, 2004256 pages, $26.95
REVIEW BY IGGY KIM
When it comes to North Korea, fact and fiction have become so blurred that even many Marxists and socialists hold the country at arm's
On December 6, Oxfam released a report showing that 45 million children will die, and another 97 million will be unable to go to school, because of poverty that could be eliminated if the seven most industrialized countries fulfilled their 1970
Your beak is the needle,The thread is your song,And you mend the torn air,When the madness is gone,And the harmonies old, of the bushland unfold,When you mend the torn air with your song.
And when harmony reignedIn the forest of green,And no
BRISBANE — Thousands of Centrelink call-centre staff attended lunchtime meetings around the country on December 9. The meetings were called by the Community and Public Sector Union to condemn management's introduction of a new computerised
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