'Socialism alive and well'
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — "The success of the Democratic Socialist campaign in the recent Brisbane City Council elections shows there is significant support for socialist policies in the general community", Susan
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By Kath Gelber
Female circumcision, more correctly called female genital mutilation, is a crime against women. It occurs in Sahelian Africa, in Arab states, parts of Asia, and in migrant families in Europe, North America and Australia.
The
Documentary Series: Prostitution — A three-part series from France on the day-to-day lives of prostitutes. The first program follows the lives of two transsexuals, Simone and Alexie. SBS, Monday, April 18, 11.05pm.
The Cutting Edge: The School
South Africa's historic first democratic elections are just around the corner. In the last few weeks before this long-awaited event, the mass democratic movement has scored some significant gains: the overthrow of Bophuthatswana dictator Lucas
By Jon Land
SYDNEY — The International Green Left Conference, held over the Easter long weekend at the University of New South Wales, brought together a wide range of activists and concerned individuals to discuss and debate the ecological and
Printed here are major excerpts from the election manifesto of the African National Congress for South Africa's first democratic election.
On 27 April, for the first time in our history, all of us will stand tall and proud as equal citizens in
By Tamara Desiatov
and Fernando Whittaker
PERTH — Around 30,000 people attended the Multicultural Festival at Sorrento Quay on Sunday, March 27. A feast of events celebrated the end of a Multicultural Week as well as the Year of the Family.
Spare Ass Annie and other tales
William S. Burroughs
Island Records
Reviewed by Arun Pradhan
Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales combines the raspy, monotone voice of William Burroughs with the music of the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. We
Bougainville fighting continues
By Frank Enright
The Bougainville Interim Government has moved to clear up any misunderstanding over comments by its United Nations representative, Mike Forster. Forster, in an interview with NBC radio, was
By Alex Bainbridge
SYDNEY — Young environmentalists from all over Australia gathered in Sydney to attend Environmental Youth Alliance's fifth national conference on April 5. The conference was opened by eminent environmentalists Susan George
International Playhouse — Against the Wind — By Shirley Gee. The story of Hannah Snell, an 18th century hero, who, dressed as a man, joined the marines in a vain attempt to trace her missing husband. After gallantly serving in action for seven
By Ndungi Wa Mungai
Kenya could be the next country to explode into civil war. This is the conclusion of a detailed study by the US-based Africa Watch on the current state-sponsored inter-ethnic violence.
At the time of the report in
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