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The wartime protest that history forgot

By Igal Avidan On February 28 exactly 50 years ago, a few hundred women began a historic demonstration in Nazi Germany — perhaps the only public protest against the Holocaust ever to be staged under Hitler. Yet the demonstration is

Write on

ALP and preferences Re Steve Robson's article, "WA election results and preferences (GLW, March 17). As was published at the time, I resigned from the (WA) ALP in protest of the Serious and Repeat Offenders Sentencing Act 1992 and the WA

Retired hurt: Australia's changing boardrooms

By Michael Rafferty Recessions have always had a direct and obvious impact on the working class, and the current downturn is no exception. Mass unemployment, wage cuts and an intensification of work are all features of this recession.

Universities vs community over technology park

By John Hutnyk SYDNEY — In various community media, activists have written recently about the planned three-university "advanced technology park" (ATP) targeted for Redfern. The communities involved called, among other things, for a

The mother's moon

Blood Moon By Tes Lyssiotis Directed by Robert Draffin Cast: Nina Landis, Maggie Millar, Diedre Rubinstein, Mary Sitarenos Theatreworks, Melbourne, until March 28 Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Blood Moon is Tes Lyssiotis' 13th play

Parliament puts Yeltsin on the ropes

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Amid anguished plaints from liberal ideologues and the indifference of the mass of the population, the Eighth Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation voted on March 12 to strip President Boris

Asia's booming economies

Asia's booming economies By Norm Dixon Hong Kong-born SBS reporter Jane Hutcheon has spent six and a half weeks investigating Asia's fast-growing economies and the impact this development is having on ordinary people. She visited six

Sean Kenan acquitted

Sean Kenan acquitted Aidex protester Sean Kenan was acquitted of charges of assaulting police by the ACT Supreme Court on March 19, following failure by the prosecution to prove at least one key element of the alleged offence. Kenan was

South African whites: between hope and fear

MARINA CARMAN's family left South Africa in 1977 and returned for their first visit in December. Here she describes what she found. The one word that hits more than any other and around which everything else seems to circle is: change.

... and ain't i a woman?: Pat O'Shane's good reasons

Pat O'Shane's good reasons NSW magistrate Pat O'Shane apparently hesitated before she decided to make her views on violence against women, and on sexist advertising, known in the Balmain Local Court on January 19. She had already decided to

Film on Panama invasion banned

The government in Panama has banned the showing of a critically acclaimed documentary on the 1989 US invasion of the country, which put the present government in office. The film, The Panama Deception, has been nominated for an Oscar as well

Loose cannons

Blame God "This election means in a way that the whole Protestant ethic of hard work bringing its own reward is in doubt." — A "prominent Liberal" quoted in the March 23 Bulletin. Pass a law against it "Unfortunately, there's too much