Cluck
"Give a Chick a chance." — Election slogan of Kerry Chikarovski, new deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party, during her first campaign for parliament, in 1981.
New World Order at home
"Every American now has a realistic chance of
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ACT toys with cannabis reform
By Rebecca Collerson
Reform to drug laws in the ACT, enacted on November 30, which allows legal cannabis consumption for those suffering from certain illnesses, is likely to be reversed following an outcry from
Renewable hero
Home
Spearhead
EMI Music
Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes
Michael Franti, hip-hop artist formerly from the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, has released Home with his new band Spearhead. Franti, together with vocalist Mary
Auschwitz Admonishes
em= By Denis Kevans
["Auschwitz admonishes" — Pope John Paul II]
"Auschwitz admonishes"
Pope John Paul says it's so,
"Auschwitz admonishes",
The Popentate says so.
And Maidanek's a caution,
I'm sure
ADELAIDE — Both a December 7 rally of more than 100 people opposing the occupation of East Timor by Indonesia, and an East Timor independence dinner of a similar size held on December 3, heard Fatima Gusmao speak about the struggle for justice and
Victorian actions against woodchipping
By Rachel Evans
MELBOURNE — Two actions were held in Victoria on December 9 against renewal of 10 woodchipping licences. One action, at the woodchipping mill in Eden, was organised by the Wilderness
The Pacification of Central America: Political Change in the Isthmus, 1987-1993
By James Dunkerley
Verso, 1994. $34.95
Reviewed by Neville Spencer
In Central America the 1980s were dominated by civil wars, with casualties numbering into
Poem: Pleasures
By Walter Jones
Visiting the toilet
To read.
Eating
In company.
Drinking wine.
Good comedy
This newspaper
and
Dialectics.
How pleasing it is
To change the world.
In my need
To
There is freedom.
Row over banning of magazine
By Brendan Greenhill
BRISBANE — The Queensland Department of Consumer Affairs has refused distribution of the December issue of the lifestyle magazine Simply Living. The department has banned the magazine
The power of one
Imagine with thyself, courteous reader, how often I have wished for such a tongue of oratory that might enable me to celebrate the praise of my own dear native country in a style equal to its merits and felicity.
I do
NABIHA MORKUS is a Palestinian member of Women in Black and secretary in Tel Aviv of Democratic Women, which, like Women in Black, includes both Jewish and Arab women. VIVIENNE PORZSOLT interviewed her for Green Left Weekly.
How did you come to
By Kerryn Williams
MELBOURNE — More than 200 activists from campuses around the country gathered here on December 5-6 to plan a national campaign in opposition to fees.
The conference, held at Melbourne University, was initiated in
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