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Aboriginal gallery makes a mark

By Bergen O'Brien SYDNEY — "When I paint I am free. My heart bonds with my mind which gives me an eye so keen and a hand so steady — paints a true statement of beauty so totally free", writes Bud Lansdale, an Aboriginal artist, from Long Bay

The war against the majority

The war against the majority This statement was issued by the "North-South Dialogue" sponsored by the World Federation of Democratic Youth in New Delhi, September 22-23. Although the cold war between the USA and the USSR may have finished,

Business maths

Business maths "Although the details are secret, it is believed [Comalco] uses more than one-quarter of [Tasmania's] power production and provides about 12% of the state Hydro-Electric Commission's revenue." — Bulletin, October 5. Catching

The war against democracy

By John Pilger The war against democracy, which replaced the cold war, had a notable success in Moscow this week. The promoters of the totalitarian "market" accelerated their assault on the lives of millions of ordinary people with the

International workers conference

International workers conference By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — Twenty-five international guests and 110 Australian-resident workers attended a conference entitled "Workers Change the World" between September 29 and October 3. The

Roll out the superlatives

After the Fall By Arthur Miller Directed by Elin O'Connell New Theatre, Newtown (Sydney) Friday-Sunday until November 13 Reviewed by Allen Myers It's hard to find words sufficiently superlative to describe the New Theatre's After the

US feminists debate population control

By Claudette Begin A woman's right to choose when, if and how to have children is at the core of the women's movement. And yet increasingly, as concern grows about the scarcity of resources and the poverty here in the US and in Third World

ADELAIDE

ADELAIDE — Around 80 people gathered on the steps of Parliament House on October 2 to protest against Indonesia's occupation of East Timor and demand the release of resistance leader Xanana Gusmao. The demonstration was part of a weekend of

Young people fight pollution

By Sam Wainwright In the next few weeks Environmental Youth Alliance activists in cities around Australia will be protesting against the increasing pollution of the environment under the banner "People Against Pollution". The greenhouse

Police blasted for Aidex violence

Police blasted for Aidex violence The Commonwealth ombudsman has condemned as "inexcusable" the methods used by Australian Federal Police against protesters during the Aidex demonstration in Canberra in November 1991. A report released by

The view from Tralfamadore

The view from Tralfamadore Fates Worse Than Death — An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s By Kurt Vonnegut Vintage, 1992. 240 pp. $12.95 Reviewed by Dave Riley Once upon a time artists were people; that is, they were for the

Strikers slam Anglo American's apartheid

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — "Anglo American are telling the outside world that there is no apartheid in their company, and that they are opposed to the apartheid system. That is not true. There is a lot of apartheid in this company."