By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — Victoria's first "illegal" picket since the promulgation of the Employee Relations Act on March 1 proved interesting for two reasons. Firstly, the workers won the dispute. Secondly, the political intrigue behind
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By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — It seems clear that the state government is moving into election mode following the release of its "economic blueprint" on April 23.
The package is supposed to provide the means for "our state" to climb
The camera as accomplice
Man Bites Dog
Directed by Remy Belvaux
Written by Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde and Vincent Tavier
Starring Benoit Poelvoorde
Now showing at the Mandolin Cinema, Sydney
Reviewed by Gabrielle
Professor JONATHAN MANN, director of the International AIDS Centre at Harvard School of Public Health, delivered an address on the Global Effects of AIDS at Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital on March 5. This is an abridged version of his talk.
Interview with ANC Youth League president
South Africa: 'Democracy Now!'
By Norm Dixon
Peter Mokaba, the fiery president of the African National Congress Youth League, is described by the establishment media as South Africa's radical
PERTH — Activists from various humanitarian and political organisations paid their respects to popular Communist leader Chris Hani, and showed their support for the democratic movement in South Africa, at a memorial meeting on April 17 organised
By Sean Malloy
The alternative newspaper Broadside has joined Modern Times and Australian Left Review. Its last edition appeared last week. Green Left Weekly spoke to Broadside's editor, Ian Milliss, about the reason for the paper's closure
In a series of stories which began on January 15, the San Francisco Examiner revealed a probe by San Francisco police, the FBI and the San Francisco district attorney into the activities of former SF policeman Tom Gerard, who allegedly kept copies
Another triumph for Circus Oz
Circus Oz 1993
Artistic direction by Sue Broadway
Musical composition by Irene Vela
Costume design by Laurel Frank
Reviewed by Margarita Windisch
Circus Oz, believed by many to be the world's leading
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — When independent commercial firms reappeared on the Russian scene a few years back, they naturally enough brought advertising with them. Citizens weren't totally unused to this phenomenon; for years, state
From Gaia to Selfish Genes: Selected Writings in the Life Sciences
Edited by Connie Barlow
The MIT Press, 273 pp.
Reviewed by Dave Riley
There seems to be a frustrating paucity of informed debate within the environment movement. A
By Catherine Brown
Anti-racist activists warned that the new right government of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur would step up attacks on immigrants. Within two weeks of its appointment, four young immigrants were shot by French police. Three
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