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On the box

Wednesday Special: The Gadfly — This dramatised documentary is the story of Francis James, one of the most colourful and mysterious figures in Australia's recent history: air ace, journalist, publisher, agitator (an early and vocal opponent of the

Public cinema for Newtown

Public cinema for Newtown SYDNEY — The third in a series of screenings to highlight the need for a public cinema in the inner suburb of Newtown takes place when the community newspaper Newtown Bridge presents Riding the Gale, a poignant

Write on

Humans and animals Laura Bahnisch (Write on, #149) accuses Dave Riley ("Becoming Human", GLW #147) of speciesism for pointing to the fundamental distinction between human nature and animal nature. Whilst it is often commonplace to compare

Timorese jailed for raising flag

By Jon Land Two East Timorese were sentenced to prison for three years on June 27 for raising the flag of Fretilin in Dili on July 17 of last year. The peaceful protest marked the date that Suharto signed a bill declaring East Timor part of

Lesbians and gays rally in Brisbane

Lesbians and gays rally in Brisbane By Nick Everett and Ana Kailis BRISBANE — 1500 people rallied on July 2 to support lesbian and gay rights. The rally, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, was followed by a

Footscray and football

Southern Sky, Western Oval: A Year Inside League Football By Martin Flanagan McPhee Gribble, 1994. 191 pp., $14.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Footscray, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, has the highest unemployment rate (24%) in

South Africa news

Strikes increase Industrial action by black workers has increased dramatically in the first half of the year. Compared to the same period in 1993, the number of work days lost through strikes has almost doubled. Most strikes occurred in the

DEET rank and file support changes

Comment by Ray Hayes Steve Rogers and June McKay in their article "Jobs at Risk in DEET Proposal" (Green Left Weekly, June 15) miss the point completely. Their analysis is unworthy of inclusion in the pages of a paper that attempts to play a

Dioxin danger worse than expected

By Peter Montague For three years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been reassessing the toxicity of dioxin and other dioxin-like chemicals, including dibenzofurans and some PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls). PCBs are

Solar energy — the breakthrough that's being ignored

By Tom Kelly A breakthrough in solar energy technology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) means that clean energy from the sun can now be cost-competitive with energy produced by the combustion of fossil fuels. This breakthrough,

Who will stay home and look after the children?

By Sujatha Fernandes Theatre, music, song and humour have been used to raise political consciousness in countries where dictatorships censor most forms of political expression. In India, a society in which women are still heavily subordinated

In pursuit of not very much

To the Ends of the Earth — The Hunt for the Jackal SBS Television Sunday, July 17, 9.30pm (9 Adelaide) Reviewed by Barry Healy Since the development of small-sized weapons of mass destruction, there have been many "terrorism" spates.