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Ethan Frome Directed by John Madden At the Kino, Melbourne, from late October Reviewed by Peter Boyle Forbidden passion seems to be a sexy topic among independent and art house cinemas these days — or perhaps it always was. John
Rainforest banner a winner By Cam Walker MELBOURNE — Thirty activists from the Boycott Mitsubishi Coalition leafleted the National Basketball League's finals at Flinders Park on October 1. The action was part of the campaign at events
Mabo made understandable Mabo — its meaning for Australia A Community Aid Abroad Background Report 30 pp. $8 (plus $2 for postage and packaging) Reviewed by Lachlan Anderson Community Aid Abroad recently released a compilation of
Inside Indonesia turns ten The tenth anniversary of the important Australian publication Inside Indonesia was celebrated in Melbourne on October 3 with the release of issue number 36. The celebration was held together with the opening of an
Shooting at the Moon Shooting at the Moon: Peace Workers in Cambodia Tell Their Stories A photographic exhibition at the Sydney Town Hall October 9-16 and from October 18 in Canberra at Old Parliament House. Heide Smith's photographs
BRISBANE — The Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign continued on Friday, October 1, as the Rainforest Information Centre, Environmental Youth Alliance and other rainforest activists gathered at Boondal Entertainment Centre for the Mitsubishi-sponsored
Breaking the norms By Sabina Nowak ADELAIDE — Two short plays by David Paul Jobling, The grip and Grown-up's playroom, were performed together at the Space Theatre from September 21 to 25. The grip, previously performed at the South
Unions plan struggle to defend wages By Boris Kravchenko and Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Defying heavy government pressure, Russia's main union body went ahead on September 28 with a conference that had been intended to map out a campaign of
Academic defends group named as cult By Michael Collins How free should academics be to lend the authority of their positions to doctrines which have not been subject to academic evaluation? The question arises in regard to the group Kenja,
Democrats arrested, beaten By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Three leaders of the Party of Labour were arrested and savagely beaten as the regime of Boris Yeltsin moved to suppress the democratic opposition. Around 11 p.m. on October 3,
Ho-hum for the republic Ignoring calls from Prime Minister Paul Keating for an unemotional and non-inflammatory debate on the prospects for a republic as the findings of the government's Republic Advisory Committee were handing down on October
Great original concept! — A recent addition to the Sydney Morning Herald's pink guide is a column entitled "Radio Highlights". It seems the concept behind the SMH's RH column is to inform readers about particular radio programs of particular