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Against the new prohibition

Review by Sean Healy Stopping Traffik: the war against the war on drugsDirected by Jerry ThompsonSBS TVTuesday, April 4, 8.30pm. There's a point in this Canadian documentary when you realise the devastating effect of governments' relentless war

The business of universities

The business of universities By Pat Brewer and Jeremy Smith Since Labor education minister John Dawkins launched his infamous green paper on higher education in December 1987, public education has taken a battering from governments of both

Nestle targeted for GE food

Nestle targeted for GE food By Daniel Jardine SYDNEY — Protesters outside the offices of food giant Nestle have demanded that the company declare that its products sold in Australia have not been genetically engineered. The March 15 protest,

Help celebrate Green Left's 400th

Help celebrate Green Left's 400th In two weeks, Green Left Weekly will produce its 400th issue. This is a special occasion for all those people in Australia and overseas who have, during the last nine years, contributed articles, photographs,

Kurds remember massacre

March 16 marks the twelfth anniversary of the massacre of Kurdish people in Halabja, in north-east Iraq. Madhi Kalka, a Kurdish journalist now living in Perth, has written an account of the events and their aftermath.

Girt by sea

Girt by sea By Allen Myers A few weeks ago, I was reading some of Frederick Engels' correspondence and came across an interesting letter. Someone was compiling a book of labour movement songs and wrote to Engels asking his advice on songs to

Jobs and services go, private profit grows

Jobs and services go, private profit grows By Jonathan Singer Just where does the privatisation of public services get you? Some of the answer — cuts to jobs and services — has been splashed across the front pages of the

Meeting condemns nuclear cycle

Meeting condemns nuclear cycle By Jo Williams MELBOURNE — The Australian nuclear industry's justifications for building a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in suburban Sydney are untrue, a public meeting here on March 15 heard. Anti-nuclear

Action updates

Cuba film premiere NEWCASTLE — Two hundred people attended the premiere of a documentary about Cuban music, the Buena Vista Social Club, here on 17 March. The screening was sponsored by the Committee in Solidarity with Latin America and the

Australia's political history comes to life

By Kim Bullimore CANBERRA — A new permanent exhibition has recently opened in Old Parliament House's Discover Gallery. The exhibition, Corridors of Power, looks at Australia's political and social history since federation in 1901. The exhibition

Indonesian art and politics

Indonesian art and politics By Zanny Begg From November 26 to January 29, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne hosted an exhibition of Indonesian art called AWAS! — the Indonesian word for "beware". The exhibition will be in

Mandatory sentencing: it isn't over

Mandatory sentencing: it isn't over In spite of Senate and United Nations reports finding mandatory sentencing laws are in breach of international conventions, and in spite of the Senate's March 15 adoption of a private member's bill overturning