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Splendid mismatch

Splendid's By Jean Genet Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Jorge Sotirios It was with great anticipation that I headed off to Belvoir Street to see a writer rarely produced in this country. Splendid's was written by the late great

Nuclear tests reopen old wound

A decade ago, on July 10, 1985, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace environmental protest flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour. Portuguese-born photographer Fernando Pereira died. New Zealand journalist DAVID ROBIE, now a University of

... and ain't i a woman?: Universities and discrimination

Universities and discrimination By Lisa Macdonald Statements made on June 29 by University of Sydney Chancellor Leonie Kramer have provoked justifiable anger among women academics and feminist groups around Australia. In an interview

Action updates

Kangaroo 95 protest ADELAIDE — The Campaign for an Independent East Timor (SA) is organising a protest on July 29 against the Kangaroo 95 war games, which are about to take place in the Northern Territory. The action will highlight human

Government prepares to bail out Japan's shaky banks

By Eva Cheng Japanese banks are sinking in a sea of bad debts, threatening to drag the already ailing economy down with them. Japan is a key supplier of capital to many countries, including the US. A financial collapse there could have serious

A birthday coming up

The 200th issue of Green Left Weekly will appear on August 28. It will be a special birthday celebration issue. Since Green Left first rolled off the presses in February 1991, it's been acclaimed in Australia and around the world as one of the

War in Bosnia and the Australian left

Comment by Michael Karadjis The war in Bosnia seems to be causing widespread confusion on the left. To cite a few examples, a wildly inaccurate article in the June 7 issue of the Guardian claimed that the US and other Western powers

NSW teachers reject elitist education

SYDNEY – Teachers and the NSW government seem set on a collision course after the NSW Teachers Federation's 77th annual conference voted to place bans on the introduction of new programs until the beginning of the 1997 school year. Bob Carr's Labor government responded by insisting that it had a mandate to carry through its education reform agenda.

Burma 'still a prison'

Burma 'still a prison' By Jon Lamb No official announcement was made by SLORC that Aung San Suu Kyi's detention had ended, but word travelled fast around Rangoon, and her residence was quickly surrounded by supporters. Suu Kyi held meetings

Reports detail continued deforestation

By Juliet Fox Sixty-five per cent of Victoria's native vegetation has been cleared, and in 1990, the rate of destruction nationwide was over two rugby fields per minute. These are just a couple of the statistics given in two reports released in

'A wasted six-year opportunity'

'A wasted six-year opportunity' By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — "Whichever way the final result goes, the Goss Labor government has wasted a priceless six-year opportunity for major reform in Queensland", Democratic Socialist candidate for

NOWSA 1995 a big success

By Julia Perkins MELBOURNE — The ninth conference of the National Organisation of Women Students in Australia was held here July 3-7. With around 600 participants, it was the largest NOWSA conference yet. The theme was "Women in revolt".