Gentle reggae with a strong message
Renaissance in FormationAnna FisherMolin MusicOrder from <http://home.pacbell.net/molinus> or <http://www.reggaecd.com> Review by Norm Dixon
Many musicians dabble in support for "worthy
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By Louise Boon-Kuo
SYDNEY — The Olympic Games represent a boom for business, but what do they mean for us? The image of an unruly, crime-ridden population, or a dramatic terrorist stand-off, televised to the world, would jeopardise Sydney's
By Jim Green
Green parties and politicians in Europe have taken varying positions on the NATO intervention in the Balkans and the future of Kosova. The European Greens adopted a resolution on the Balkans conflict at a March 27-29 council meeting.
By Jonathan Singer
In March, the Australian Council of Trade Unions presented its case for a third "living wage" increase to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC). The ACTU called for the award wages of workers earning from the
The Whole WomanBy Germaine GreerDoubleday, 1999330 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Kath Gelber
"It's time to get angry again." So ends the introduction to Greer's latest book, The Whole Woman. It's a powerful book, a call to arms, a reminder that
More terror in East Timor
By Jon Land
DILI — Two truck loads of paramilitary gang members careered up and down the street, waving their rifles and spears in the air and doing everything they could to frighten the population out and about on
By Allen Myers
Phrases like "ancient hatreds" and reminders that World War I was sparked by national conflicts in the Balkans have accompanied much of the establishment media coverage of recent events in Serbia and Kosova — just as they did the
By Doug Lorimer The current conflict between the Western powers and the Serbian state has its roots in the decision in 1913 by these powers to hand over nearly half of Albania (the present-day region of Kosova) to Serbian control. Once again the
Speak-out against war
BRISBANE — "Stop the bombing in Kosova!" was the call by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance at an emergency speak-out held in the Queen Street Mall here on Friday, April 9. Brisbane DSP organiser Graham Matthews
By Dick Nichols
When Ian Bray, the National MUA Rank and File candidate for assistant secretary , was due to speak at CTAL, P&O Ports' container terminal at Port Botany, he didn't know what to expect. "You never know what reception you're going
Over time
"Nothing has flowed through ... but over time we would expect reductions." — Wendy Craik, executive director of the National Farmers Federation, on whether the docks dispute reduced shipping costs for farmers.
Transparent foot in
Anti-censorship group Electronic Frontiers Australia has attacked federal government plans to censor the internet as ignorant and draconian. "The proposal by the government sets the debate on internet censorship back three years", said EFA chair Kim
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