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Rally defends health system by Janet Parker SYDNEY — One thousand pensioners, health and community workers from across NSW rallied here on February 11 against the dismantling of the public health system. A lively contingent from the
Paris is Burning — Award-winning documentary that examines the art of "voguing" and its origins in the black and Latino gay communities of the United States. ABC TV, Friday, February 24, 1am. Actively Radical TV — Community television's
In a surprise address televised on the evening of February 9, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon announced that he had issued orders to arrest several leaders of the rebel Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). Zedillo said
Union boycott of Campbells soups By Bronwen Brook and Adam Leeman MELBOURNE — A spirited meeting of 70 mushroom pickers employed by Campbells Pty Ltd was held in the Bundoora region on February 9. The workers, mostly women, discussed
Malcolm X: Make it plain Three-part documentary, screening February 23, March 2 and March 9 at 8.30pm (8 South Australia) on SBS Reviewed by Chris Martin This new documentary is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the life of Malcolm X
Well seasoned By Brandon Astor Jones "A woman is a woman until the day she dies ..." — Moms Mabley For those who do not know, the late Moms Mabley was a consummate humorist and comedian. Her risque antics and one-liners will live
BORIS KAGARLITSKY is a former deputy in the Moscow City Soviet, a leading member of Russian Party of Labour and author of several books about socialism after the fall of the Stalinist regimes in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. He writes
By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Banks
By Rob Miller With the ALP federal government planning to cut expenditure, funding for higher education is under further threat. The preparations for further cutbacks began in 1994 with the commissioning of reports on "Resource Allocation in
Hypocrisy on refugees Targeted at Indo-Chinese refugees, recent amendments to the legislation covering Australia's migrant intake smack of hypocrisy and disregard for human rights. In response to the arrival of several hundred
By Mikael Karlsson In international neo-Nazism today, there are two major positions, the "first position" and the "third position". The first are political parties like National Front in Britain, Front National in France, the Republicans in
British companies in Amazon mahogany rip-off Friends of the Earth revealed on February 13 that British companies are continuing to buy mahogany that has been illegally cut from the Amazon rainforests of Brazil. Official Brazilian government