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The kosher pig

Leon the Pig Farmer Produced and Directed by Gary Sinyor and Vadim Jean Written by Gary Sinyor and Michael Normand Featuring Mark Frankel, Brian Glover, Maryam D'Abo and Connie Booth Reviewed by L. Pradhan Leon the Pig Farmer is the

Illawarra environment day

Illawarra environment day The second World Environment Day march in the Illawarra, on Sunday, June 5, will be a fun, loud celebration of the theme "Save our coastlines". "The Illawarra is truly gifted with its escarpment and pristine

Justice denied

Presumed Guilty SBS television Tuesday, June 7 Reviewed by Paul Clarke Australia's legal system is modelled on Britain's, and for anyone watching Presumed Guilty, that is not a reassuring thought. The British legal system has been

Looking out: That look

Looking out: That look By Brandon Astor Jones I saw a fellow prisoner come into the cell block from outside where the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Centre's administrative offices for G-Unit are. He carefully and deliberately walked

Campaign launched in Manila to free Lagman

By Max Lane MANILA — Following a demonstration of 200 activists from worker, student and urban poor organisations outside the presidential palace on May 28, the Free Lagman Movement was launched. On May 26 agents of Naval Intelligence arrested

News briefs

News briefs ADELAIDE — Advertiser journalist Mike McEwen was sacked last week for writing articles detailing criticisms of state government economic policy. McEwen had written an article reporting the findings of a group of independent

Rallies call for abortion law repeal

Rallies and actions around Australia marked the seventh International Day of Action for Women's Health on May 28. The theme for the day, coordinated by the Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights, was women's right to choose abortion.

Irish peace talks inch forward

By Michael Heaney Talks between the Irish and British governments, which culminated in the signing of the Downing Street Declaration last December, took a new turn on May 14. The British government announced the receiving of a detailed list

Is Marxism scientific?

Comment by Ron Guignard Lisa Macdonald in "The politics of postmodernism" (GLW April 20) claims that Marxism has it all over other philosophies. This is, she says, because it is scientific. For more than half a century I have seen claims like

Environmentally friendly

June 5 is World Environment Day. For most newspapers around the country, this is a signal to project a token green face for one day. To set one issue aside to make some noises about the environmental crisis and that we are all, after all, to blame.

Student union fights fees

Student union fights fees By Julia Haire BRISBANE — The University of Queensland's student union will be taking a submission to the education committee of the academic board on May 30 regarding alleged illegal fees imposed on students for

Unionists celebrate defeat of penal powers

Unionists celebrate defeat of penal powers By Garry Walters MELBOURNE — Following the May 26 Victorian Trades Hall meeting, 30 unionists attended a function in the Old Ballroom to mark 25 years since the historic six days of industrial