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No punches pulled

Broad Casting Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women Alligator Records through Festival Available on cassette and CD Reviewed by Norm Dixon With the Uppity Blues Women's third album, Broadcasting, they again strike a blow against male

What will the armed forces do?

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW, March 25 — On the fifth day after Russian President Boris Yeltsin decreed "special rule" throughout the country, the local administrations in Russia's provinces and republics were splitting into supporters of the

Shot with pleasure

Shot with pleasure My New Gun Directed by Stacy Cochran Starring Diane Lane, James LeGros At the Mandolin, Sydney Reviewed by Gabrielle Jean Carey Forget the futuristic fantasies of Terminator and Aliens; My New Gun shows us what

First private jail in NSW opens

First private jail in NSW opens By John Duff NSW's first privately run jail was opened at Junee on March 19. The curious could pay $100 per head for two days of opening "celebrations" that included a jail meal, a ball, a night in a cell

NEFA calls on West to resign

NEFA calls on West to resign SYDNEY — The North East Forest Alliance has call for the resignation of Garry West, state minister for Conservation and Land Management, in the light of two recent government reports seriously criticising the

Russian crisis: fact and fiction

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Among television journalists in particular, the practice is quite the norm. You fly in; you get the story; you fly out again. You talk to the people who count, get their statements, frame the interviews with a few

Victorian family planning clinics threatened

By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Women are fighting back against the Kennett government's decision, announced on March 5, that the state's 40 family planning clinics are to be closed. Health minister Marie Tehan stated that the clinics were

Strange and wonderful

Strange and wonderful Cloud 9 By Caryl Churchill Directed by Frank McNamara and John Rado New Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown Friday-Sunday until May 8 Reviewed by Betty Downie This play about sexual politics draws a parallel

... and ain't i a woman?: The war against Bosnian women

The war against Bosnian women The appalling news carried by the contingents of Bosnian women to International Women's Day rallies in Melbourne and Adelaide this year was probably the first many Australian women's movement activists had heard

Heading the hierarchy of sin

Catholics and Sex Four-part documentary on SBS Television Sundays at 7.30 p.m. (7 in Adelaide) beginning March 28 Previewed by Anne Casey Jesus Christ had very little to say on the question of sex, yet it occupies number one position on

Write on

Scent of a Woman I want to raise some alternative views to those expressed in Gabrielle Carey's review of Scent of a Woman (GLW #94). Is it fair to say, as does Carey, that the movie is about "pure and unadulterated objectification of

Women workers in the region

Women workers in the region Hard Labour: Women Workers in the Asia Pacific Region By Australia Asia Worker Links Women's Committee 33 pp. $5. Reviewed by Pip Hinman Over a two-year period, the Australia Asia Worker Links Women's