Criminalising the internet
The internet is a dangerous place. Fortunately, legislation before
the South Australian Legislative Council is here to protect us from "references
to and depictions associated with issues such as suicide, crime,
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BY EVA CHENG
Chinese vice-premier Qian Qichen paid a rushed and urgent visit to Washington, DC, on April 18-24, deeply concerned that US President George W. Bush's next two major foreign policy decisions may turn out unfavourably for the People's
BY JULIA HALDANE
BRISBANE — Women are the invisible victims of wars over diminishing resources, Susan Price, women's liberation coordinator for the Democratic Socialist Party, told an audience of 50 people at a post-International Women's Day
SYDNEY — It is generally taken for granted that plays with a political message are as dull as dishwater. This generalisation could not be further from the truth when dealing with the works of Dario Fo, Italy's Nobel Prize-winning playwright.
In
REVIEW BY ALISON DELLIT
The Constant GardenerBy John Le CarreHodder & Stoughton, 2001508pp., $49.95 (hb)
"The subject of The Constant Gardener is the dilemma of decent people struggling against the ever-swelling tide of heedless corporate greed,
BY ANGELA LUVERA
SYDNEY — Emily Low, a Resistance activist, spoke at an Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) organised forum, Indonesia: students on the frontline fighting the IMF — an eyewitness report, at the University
Balzac: A BiographyBy Graham RobbPicador, 2000521pp., $20.78 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
For Honore de Balzac, a self-proclaimed defender of "throne and altar", to have had all his works placed on the Index of Prohibited Books by the Pope in 1864
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The socialist youth organisation Resistance has thrown its weight behind the newly launched Socialist Alliance. Resistance activists have begun signing up members to the alliance on campuses, at their schools and workplaces, and on
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Tensions are rising in the central Queensland coalfields as mine workers hold firm in their strike against BHP over a new enterprise agreement.
Around 1500 workers at six coalmines are involved in the dispute, which
Confused
It was with great interest that I read Jim Green's book review Australia
and the Atomic Empire (GLW #441). I was somewhat confused by its
reference to my own work, however. Dr Green, dismisses my early archival
history of
BY LENA NAHLOUS
SYDNEY — The first Sydney Arab Film Festival will showcase international and local contemporary films, as well as experimental and documentary films. The festival will include classic Arab films loved and watched by
Like putting profits before social needs?
"If we're going to give each other [trade] preferences, we have to have fundamental common values." — Marc Lortie, personal representative of Canadian PM Jean Chretien to the Summit of the Americas being
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