National women's conference
By Lara Pullin
CANBERRA — CAPOW!, the Coalition of Australian Participating Organisations of Women!, is a new networking body which is establishing itself as a powerful force for the more than 50 national
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Action against nuclear submarine
By Rohan Gaiswinkler
HOBART — About 20 activists in kayaks and dinghies braved the wintry conditions on November 4 to protest the arrival of the nuclear-powered and probably nuclear-armed USS New York
Seventy-seven years ago this week, the workers and peasants of Russia "stormed heaven", renewing the revolutionary process which capitalism thought it had crushed in the Paris Commune of 1871. Two years ago, the attempted Stalinist coup in Moscow
What's left? Memoirs of an Australian CommunistBy Eric Aarons
Penguin Books, $14.95
Reviewed by Stephen Robson
Having joined the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) in 1937, Aarons is in a good position to help flesh out the history of the
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — The Court government tabled the Land (Titles and Traditional Usage) Bill in the Legislative Assembly on November 4 in an attempt to pre-empt the Keating government's legislation, expected to be introduced on November
Recommendation
"I don't think the average audience wants an in-depth message." — Liberal back-bencher John Bradford on why he thinks Bronwyn Bishop would be a successful leader (Bulletin, November 9).
Closet Marxist?
"The proponents of
By Catherine Brown
"It is ironic in this year of 'Europe Without Frontiers' that Britain's imposed border still remains. The Partition Act — the Government of Ireland Act — is obviously not a solution. Since its creation 70 years ago, the
By Frank Noakes
SAN FRANCISCO — Cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge and sunshine are the images conjured up by the mention of this city's rhythmic name. Less part of the image is the cold fog that regularly descends during the summer months,
By Ignatius Kim
Waiting outside the interview room at the offices of Polygram, I can hear roaring guffaws within. "They're viewing their video clips", I'm told.
Tiddas — an Aboriginal word for sisters — are a band that don't take
The Coming Out Show — A rare in-depth interview with Ruth Park, one of Australia's most widely read and loved authors. ABC Radio National, Saturday November 13, 5.10 p.m. (repeated Thursday, November 18, 7.15 p.m.).
The Siege of Salman — The
El Salvador
Our people, after a tough and heroic struggle have achieved peace in El Salvador, with the signing of an important round of agreements that have changed our situation, and despite the difficulties, it has only been necessary to fight
A Place of Greater Safety
By Hilary MantelPenguin, 1993. 873 pp. $13.50 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
"But if you had not the King, or Lafayette, or Mirabeau, or the Ministers — and I have heard you speak against them all — who would
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