Making politics musically By Chris Spindler If you have the chance to see Seven Sisters play at the Aboriginal Women's Music Festival in Sydney in December, don't miss it. You'll be treated, as the Adelaide Cultural Dissent crowd was on
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Violence against sex workers It has been said that rape is the only crime in which the victim, not the perpetrator, is on trial. This double standard of the woman who somehow "deserves" the violence, while the man is "provoked", affects all
More Britons face hardship By Frank Noakes LONDON — The sign outside the church proclaims: "Only Jesus saves". This is a lamentable truth in Britain today: no-one else can afford to. Recent statistics highlight the depth of misery in the
Youth attacked in 'war on crime' By Michael Arnold PERTH — In April guards were removed from WA metropolitan trains. Unions and community groups pointed out that this was bound to lead to reduced passenger safety. In early November a
Strictly ballroom, in Swedish House of Angels Directed by Colin Nutley Starring Helena Bergstrom and Rikard Wolff Reviewed by Wayne Ruscoe English director Colin Nutley's third Swedish-based film has had the kind of runaway success in that
By Rob Steven The last two or three years have seen one of the most spectacular changes ever in the functioning of international big business. Almost all of the world's top 10 banks are now Japanese. The bulk of foreign investment moving
Anti-discrimination law urged for Tasmania By Natasha Simons HOBART — The Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group has renewed its call on the state government to introduce anti-discrimination legislation in the light of a poll conducted by
By Sarah Stephen Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the decision to blockade the dam site on the Gordon that would have destroyed the Franklin, Australia's last wild river. It wasn't until seven months later that the last blockaders left
What Should Unions Do? Michael Easson and Michael Crosby (eds) Pluto Press, 394 pp. $24.95. The Challenge for Unions: Workers versus the New Right By John Wishart Left Book Club, 86 pp. $14.95 Reviewed by Michael Rafferty Ten years ago,
By Tom Jordan and Norm Dixon The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has suffered significant setbacks in central Bougainville, the defending Bougainville Revolutionary Army has claimed. In the most important incident, BRA militants recaptured the
Telling East Timor: Personal Testimonies 1942-1992 By Michele Turner New South Wales University Press 218 pp. $19.95 Reviewed by Lenore Tardif This book is the oral history of some of the most brutal human rights abuses in recent times. It
Intifada stirs as negotiations falter By Sean Malloy "It does not take much for any intelligent person, who visits the territories, to discover that life is still as sickening if not more so today than it was a few months ago. This leads
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