By Eva Cheng As the anniversary of the 1959 uprising in Tibet against Chinese occupation draws near, speculation is growing whether there will be new outbursts of pro-independence protests there. On March 10, 1959, Chinese troops went into the
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The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in LoveDirected by Maria MaggentiOpens March 7, Chauvel and Valhalla Cinemas, SydneyReviewed by Margaret Allan This is a lovely film about first love, with all of its excitement and awkwardness that is part
By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — Around 20,000 workers representing some 300 factory-based unions attended the first regular congress of the socialist labour centre BMP (Solidarity of Filipino Workers), held here on February 21. Elected unanimously by
Women in a Restructuring AustraliaAnne Edwards & Susan Magarey (eds)Allen & Unwin, 1995. 319 pp., $29.95Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg We are constantly confronted by imagery and articles in the establishment media which attempt to enforce the view that
By Peter Perkins SYDNEY — The Carr government has begun to restructure the State Rail Authority in line with the neo-liberal economic recommendations advocated by Hilmer. Last April the state premiers endorsed the National Competition Policy. In
By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — On February 22, 100 people attended a march and rally in the Footscray shopping centre organised by the Public Tenants Union to mourn the death of public housing. The rally was conducted as a funeral procession complete
McSpotlight (http://www.mcspotlight.org /) — An on-line interactive library of information and communication on everything that McDonald's don't want the public to know. Compiled by a huge team of volunteers working from 14 different countries,
By Michael Karadjis SYDNEY — "Residents terrorised by 50-strong Deuce gang", claimed one of the tabloids recently, regarding some incidents on the East Fairfield Housing Estate (Villawood). In fact "deuce" was just a word written on walls by an
By Natasha Simons Several hundred university students joined Resistance campus clubs around the country at first year orientation weeks, held over the past two weeks. In addition, around 1200 copies of Green Left Weekly were sold and hundreds of
Healing Women: A History of Leichhardt Women's Community Health CentreBy Joyce StevensFast Books, Wild & Woolley, 1995. 135 pp., $17.95Reviewed by Jane Beckmann Healing Women presents an interesting and informative account of the development of the
By Dr Tuntuni Bhattacharyya The equally negative responses of Paul Keating and John Howard to a question during the ABC's pre-election "great debate" on February 25 about their positions on women's right to choose abortion clearly illustrated that
By Kathy O'Driscoll SYDNEY — Four hundred Telstra workers and supporters attended an anti-privatisation rally at Town Hall Square on February 28 organised by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the Communications, Electrical and
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