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PSU elections heat up

By Steve Rogers CANBERRA — One hundred and twenty thousand members of the Public Sector Union will be sent ballot papers in the coming week in a national election which is crucial for the union's future. For the first time, the incumbents are

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Mbongeni Ngema I was excited by Norm Dixon's review of Mbongeni Ngema's new play Magic at 4am (GLW #139). In 1992 I watched a videotaped performance of one of his earlier plays, Township Fever, on SBS and found it simply the most exciting play I

Crimes of authority and obedience

The Politics of Pain: Torturers and their Masters Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid (ed.) Leiden: Centre for the Study of Social Conflicts. 1993 Reviewed by Brian Martin What is there to know about torture, aside from that it's a

Fretilin interview: 20 years of struggle

May 20 is the 20th anniversary of the formation of Fretilin (Frente Revolucionara do Timor Leste Independente), the largest East Timorese party struggling for independence from Indonesian rule. Its formation in 1974 was motivated by the fall of the

After Stalinism: women in Europe

BARBARA EINHORN is the author of Cinderella Goes to Market, a book on the experiences of women in eastern and central Europe following the collapse of the Stalinist regimes there. She is based at Sussex University, principally in the Women's Studies

Music to our ears

A "Jazz, Folk Frolic" held in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Lota on May 1 attracted more than 100 people for an afternoon of politics and music. Organised by the Left Arts Group to raise money for Green Left Weekly, the event took place under a

European industrialists demand education 'reform'

In an upcoming publication, "Reshaping European Education", the European Round Table of industrialists, a highly influential lobby organisation of 45 leading European industrialists, urges a radical change in education policy in European Union member

Behind Clinton's health care 'reform'

By Sean Healy In the United States today, 37 million people (8.3 million of them children) are completely without medical insurance. The UN children's agency UNICEF ranks the US 21st among nations on children's health — behind China, India and

Evocative production from Bangarra

Ninni Bangarra Dance Theatre Enmore Theatre, Sydney until May 22 Reviewed by Kath Gelber The Bangarra's Dance Theatre's latest production is a colourful, evocative and energetic story told through a combination of narrative, song and

Focus on Asia at Sydney Film Festival

Wu Kui (The Wooden Man's Bride) Directed by Huang Jianxin Reviewed by Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman Sydney Film Festival director Paul Byrnes says that this year's program reflects the fact that Asia is where the action is, filmwise. But if we

Police abduct Aboriginal children

Police abduct Aboriginal children BRISBANE — Three Aboriginal children aged between 12 and 14 years say that they were abducted by six police officers in the early hours of May 10. The Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) has complained to the

World of music at Cafe Folkloric

World of music at Cafe Folkloric Brisbane's Cafe Folkloric presents an impressive line-up of international music on May 19, starting at 8pm. With Andy Rigby on Paraguayan harp, Riley Lee on Japanese bamboo flute, Linsey Pollak, Humarimba Band &