At the back of the fridge
Liberty, Equality and Self Determination, or, Do I really have to get out of bed today?
Written and performed by Daska Saleeba
At the Fringe Studio, Melbourne
Sat May 29, 8.30 p.m. and Sun May 30, 6.30 p.m.
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By Peter Boyle
After hearing about Tanner '88 — the six-hour TV serial that inspired Tim Robbins' Bob Roberts — at the launch of Melbourne's 42nd International Film Festival (June 4-18), I went to see Bob Roberts.
Now I have to see
Rally for Bougainville
By Alex Cooper
MELBOURNE — The lawns of Victoria Barracks were adorned with crosses on May 21 as part of a protest against Australian military assistance to Papua New Guinea in its war against the people of
Nicaraguan telethon for Cuba
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA — The Cuba solidarity campaign held Nicaragua's first telethon on May 14. Thousands of Nicaraguans responded to the broadcasts on the Sandinista Channel 4, and several FM and AM
Thousands attend AIDS vigil
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — An estimated 10,000 people braved cold temperatures on May 15 to take part in the 10th annual candlelight vigil to mark AIDS Awareness Day. The vigil is held in memory of those
Brazilian environmentalists assassinated
Two prominent environmentalists in Brazil have been murdered within a few days of each other.
Paulo Cesar Vinha, 37, biologist and long-time activist of the Brazilian environmental movement, was
ADELAIDE — About 80 people on May 19 heard Renate Klein, an academic from Deakin University and representative of Feminist International Resistance Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering, speak on Women and Reproductive
Women pursue jobs at BHP
By Sarah Harris
WOLLONGONG — Passing motorists sounded their horns and waved support as a spirited group of 100 women marched along the boundary of the BHP's Port kembla Steelworks on May 13, seeking
By Peter Boyle
Everyone hopes to be a winner when they buy a lottery ticket or place a bet at the TAB. That is certainly the emphasis of the slick advertising for the burgeoning legal gambling industry.
But even those who fervently
ACTU letter on Cambodia
Members of the ACTU executive and other union leaders have written to foreign minister Senator Gareth Evans urging economic aid for Cambodia and the exclusion of the Khmer Rouge from the peace process.
The letter
By Anne Pavy
The Rudall River National Park has been described as a "three-act nightmare" for the mining giant CRA: uranium, in a national park, and on Aboriginal land.
The state Liberal government has authorised CRA to go ahead with
For increasing numbers of Chinese, Li Ning, a former Olympic gold medal gymnast and current business entrepreneur, stands as a symbol of China's new "enterprise culture". Together with other select sports stars, pop
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