Blowpipes and Window Frames
Dateline, SBS TV
Saturday, February 19, 7 p.m. (6.30 Adelaide)
Researched and produced by Matthew Carney
Reviewed by Jill Hickson
This film, on the devastation in Sarawak caused by the logging of the
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By Jon Land
Television, radio and newspapers are filled with the floundering attempts of the "international community" to deal with the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Cease-fires and agreements never last. This is an ethnic feud over irreconcilable
Art in Australia
Imagine
SBS TV
Fridays at 7.30 p.m. (7 Adelaide) beginning February 18
Reviewed by Jill Hickson
Sponsored by the Australia Council of the Arts, this new series on Australian art and culture will combine a range of
By Greg Ogle
ADELAIDE — This week the Magistrate's Court conducts another round of trials from last Easter's Nurrungar peace protest. More than 270 people were arrested and charged with trespass while protesting against the US base in the
Goss picket at UQ
By Freya Pinney
BRISBANE — Due to a decline in the effectiveness of the ALP club at the University of Queensland, Premier Wayne Goss will be visiting the St Lucia campus on Wednesday, February 16, as part of a recruiting
NZ Alliance wins union backing
By Frank Enright
The Alliance, after a strong showing in New Zealand's November general election, is beginning to win union backing previously reserved for the conservative Labour Party. A round of talks with
Settlements threaten Middle East peace
On December 20, three countries voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which expressed support for the Middle East peace process and called for a final settlement under which Israel would withdraw
My Mother Said
By Xenos
Distributed through Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Ian Jamieson
The release of their second CD marks Xenos as a formidable band in traditional folk circles. Xenos — the name is a Greek word meaning "foreign
Cuba — Talking About Revolution: Conversations with Juan Antonio Blanco
By Medea Benjamin
Ocean Press, 1993. 105 pp. $14.95
Reviewed by Jill Hickson
Described as a reformist, a hard-liner, a radical, an idealist, a pragmatist and a
Protests over Bougainville
Around 30 protesters picketed the AMP building, home of the mining giant CRA, in Brisbane on February 10. The protest, organised by the Bougainville Freedom Movement as part of a national day of action, aimed to
Democrat
"We don't have a problem with people coming from other sides. But if the ANC comes here I will order my people to kill them." — Katlehong Inkatha Freedom Party youth leader Jeffrey Sibiya, quoted in the Sunday Times, January 23.
By Jane Dillendorf
MOSCOW — According to statistics issued by the Russian Federal Employment Service at the end of January, there are now only 835,000 jobless people in the country — barely 1% of the work force.
However, statistics can
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