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Private prisons: lessons to be learned

By Pip Hinman Soon, 50% of all prisoners in Victoria will be in private prisons, according to Shelley Burchfield, a community lawyer at the Coburg-Brunswick Legal Centre. In June, the Victorian government announced that it would most likely

Angry scenes at hemp rally

Angry scenes at hemp rally By Mick White BRISBANE — Twelve people were arrested amidst angry scenes at a July 12 protest against Queensland's marijuana laws. At a rally at King George Square outside the city hall, a crowd of more than

Pan African Orchestra breaks new ground

Opus 1 Pan African Orchestra Real World through Larrikin Entertainment Reviewed by Norm Dixon This brilliant, ambitious and beautiful recording is a welcome reminder that it is crude and inadequate to bunch the complex and varied musical

Aung San Suu Kyi free after six years

By Richard Horsey Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was released on July 10 after six years under house arrest. A spokesman for the Burmese junta confirmed that her release was unconditional, and said

No-nukes campaign diversifies

By Lisa Macdonald The taking to the streets of tens of thousands of Australians on July 14 to protest the French government's decision to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific was the first clear signal to the federal ALP government that the

The politics of masculinity

Masculinities By R.W. Connell Allen and Unwin, 1995. Reviewed by Chris Slee In recent years, an increasing number of books have been written about men's problems. These books have varied greatly. Some are progressive, questioning the

75th anniversary of Communist Party

In October occurs the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia. Over coming months, Green Left Weekly plans to mark this occasion with a series of historical features and interviews on the CPA and the left from 1920 to the

OH INDUSTRY (Whatever Will Become of Me?)

OH INDUSTRY (Whatever Will Become of Me?) By Kamala Emanuel A cloud descends on Mayfield; It's from the BHP. We cough, we choke, we splutter; We vainly try to see. It greets us when we go out, It greets us coming in. It gets

The bomb that won't go away

Dismantling the Bomb The Cutting Edge SBS, Tuesday, July 25, 8.30pm (8 in SA) Previewed by Lisa Macdonald "From day one, when we first produced plutonium in this country, we never had an option for its disposal. The notion always was that

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. Movie Matinee: Stalin's Football (1991) — Based on

Looking out: An open letter

An open letter By Brandon Astor Jones Liberation is a dialectical movement ... women's liberation in the revolution is inseparable from the liberation of [men]. — Angela Davis. Your letter arrived yesterday. Thank you. I am glad to

Sport and racism

Obstacle Race: Aborigines in Sport By Colin Tatz UNSW Press, 1995. 408 pp., $39.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon If sport is a "litmus test" for racism in Australia, as Colin Tatz argues in his new book, the results are pretty damning.