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... and ain't i a woman?: A long way to go

A long way to go Women continue to be judged according to community stereotypes, by what people think we should be, by how we are expected to act and according to someone else's moralistic, simplistic assessment of our role in society. In

Lear larger than life

King Lear By William Shakespeare Sydney Theatre Company Drama Theatre, Opera House, March 24 to April 30 Parramatta Riverside Theatre May 10 to 28 Reviewed by Helen Jarvis Lear himself undeniably dominates any production of this play,

Storm over Indonesian arms sales

Storm over Indonesian arms sales By Paul Clarke Britain's Conservative government is facing a growing row over its decision to sell 24 Hawk ground attack planes to Indonesia. Hawks have already been extensively used by Indonesian forces

Day of action on unemployment

Day of action on unemployment The radical youth organisation Resistance has initiated a petition calling for a national day of action in protest at the federal government's failure to seriously address the unemployment crisis. Following is the

How could de Klerk not know of Third Force? — ANC

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress has called on the National Party government and its leader, F.W. de Klerk, to come clean about its knowledge of the criminal political activities planned and committed by the most

Democrats present budget proposals

By Pip Hinman The Democrats' budget proposals, launched on March 21, are aimed at encouraging business to invest and employ. According to Democrat leader Senator Cheryl Kernot, the package pushes for a transfer of taxes from business inputs to

Disturbing the war

Disturbing the War: Melbourne Catholics and Vietnam By Val Noone Spectrum, 1993 Reviewed by Karl Miller This account of the Vietnam War and the movement against it targets Melbourne Catholics from around 1960 until Australian troops were

Students rally against voluntary unionism

Students rally against voluntary unionism By Emma Bird MELBOURNE — Around 1000 students marched through the streets on March 23 in opposition to the Kennett government's proposed voluntary student unionism legislation. The legislation

Contaminated meat — for domestic consumption only

By Tom Kelly One anomaly of the new trade regime is that it appears to allow the sale of contaminated meat in Australia. The March 24 Financial Review reported that meat from 452 quarters of beef which had been rejected for human consumption by

Salvadoran elections go to second round

SAN SALVADOR — FMLN-Democratic Convergence (CD) presidential candidate Ruben Zamora, achieved a vote of 25.29% in the March 20 elections. With 83.6% of the vote counted, the ruling ARENA's candidate, Calderon Sol, had 49.26%.

Mass action victory: prisoners win vote

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Following a week of mass protests in South African prisons, the Transitional Executive Council agreed on March 22 that all prisoners will be allowed to vote in this country's first democratic elections.

Scandalising the exploiters

Germinal Directed by Claude Berri Reviewed by Dick Nichols Nobody except, perhaps, students "doing" French literature reads the novels of 19th century French realist Emile Zola any more, and that's not surprising. It would be difficult to