By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — It could have been any of a series of meetings called in recent times by the outlawed Communist Party. The venue was kept secret until the last moment. Would-be participants were required to appear on the morning
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An unlikely tour de force
Punch me in the stomach!D>
By Deb Filler and Alison Summers
Directed by Alison Summers
Performed by Deb Filler
Anthill at the Gasworks Theatre, Melbourne, until March 21, then Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, from
Suharto still silent on vice-president
By Max Lane
The Indonesian People's Deliberative Assembly (MPR) began meeting on March 1. It is expected to re-elect Suharto as president and to choose a new vice-president sometime between March 9
Powell calls for broader coalition
By Pip Hinman
MELBOURNE — Independent Senator Janet Powell and Di Quin, Democratic Socialist candidate for Melbourne, put the case for progressive politics at a meeting of 60 people organised by the
By Malik Miah
One of the reasons so many youth, especially black youth, like Malcolm X is because he was so direct. "Do you know why the white man really hates you?", Malcolm asked. "It's because every time he sees your face, he sees the
Christabel Chamarette
Do you think alternative parties will ever break the stranglehold of the two major parties?
The Greens WA are extremely hopeful, because we've just got our first state member of the upper house. However, in the lower
By Max Lane
On March 13 Australians will brave the gauntlet of How to Vote leaflets to cast a vote which will decide which of the major parties will become the government. They will not, however, be deciding who rules Australia.
Although
International Playhouse: Almost Always African — A radio play by Anne Caulfield. Moses Biama, a Gambian musician, is "discovered" and carried off to London with a fat recording contract by Frank, a once successful but fading British rock star.
Close My Eyes (R)
A film by Stephen Poliakoff
Starring Alan Rickman, Clive Owens, Saskia Reeves
Cinema Nova and Brighton Bay, March 1993
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
This second feature by writer-director Stephen Poliakoff (Hidden
By Norm Dixon
SYDNEY — Australian human rights lawyer Rosemarie Gillespie, just returned after four months living and travelling in rebel-held areas of Bougainville, has dismissed claims by the Papua New Guinea government that it is in
By Bruce Marlowe
Many voters are looking for an alternative to Labor and Liberal, but are fearful of inadvertently contributing to the return of a Liberal government. Some have been asking Green Left Weekly how the preferences of the various
>Trainspotting socialist from hell
668: Neighbour of the Beast
Attila the Stockbroker
Larrikin Records
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Attila the Stockbroker (AKA John Baines) is a stand-up comic, performance poet, singer, folk musician
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