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Salaam Mississippi

Mississippi Masala Directed and produced by Mira Nair Written by Sooni Taraporevala Starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Ranjit Chodhry, Tico Wells, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Natalie Oliver Commences at KINO early July

Keating proposal to minimise Mabo

By Peter Boyle The Keating government's June 3 release of a cabinet discussion paper on legislation to deal with the Mabo case confirmed the bad impression created a week earlier by the government's support for Northern Territory legislation

Right wing feared Hani would be president

Right wing feared Hani would be president By Norm Dixon South African Communist Party general secretary Chris Hani, assassinated on April 10, was targeted because the right wing believed he was Nelson Mandela's most likely successor,

Write on

Macedonia Gyorgy Scrinis (GLW May 26) claims that I participate in a campaign to monopolise the name Macedonia. In fact I have no problem with either "Greek-Macedonians" or "Slav-Macedonians," simply calling themselves "Macedonians." He

Gay and lesbian lobby debates 'queer politics'

The expulsion of "queer" activist, Norrie May Welby, from the management committee of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) on March 25 has brought the increasingly heated question of a "queer" agenda, to replace the current "gay and

The planet on screen

By Karen Fredericks Anima Mundi, the latest work from Godfrey Reggio, writer, director and producer of the unforgettable films Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi, will screen at the Sydney Film Festival's special "Green Screen" event on June 25.

SA crisis under musical microscope

SA crisis under musical microscope Hello down there! Writing coordinated by P.P. Cranney Junction Theatre Company, Adelaide Reviewed by Liam Mitchell Hello down there! is one of those rare pieces of theatre which speak about

Do we really need a new research reactor?

By John Hallam Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Movement Against Uranium Mining, the Sutherland Environment Centre, the Lucas Heights Study Group and the Sutherland Shire Council are opposed to a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights.

Women fight back against rape

By Karen Fredericks The ignorance and sexism evident in judicial comments made in the course of several recent rape cases have spurred a flurry of surprise and concern in the media and amongst politicians. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ spoke to feminist

Bank evicts farmer

Bank evicts farmer By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — The South East Action Group staged a blockade of a fellow farmer's property on June 3 after Westpac bank foreclosed on the mortgage and moved to evict the farmer and family. The bank,

Revolutionary reform in South Africa

JEREMY CRONIN was interviewed by Green Left Weekly's FRANK NOAKES, in Johannesburg. Cronin is a member of the African National Congress National Executive Committee and a central leader of the South African Communist Party. He is the editor of

Meeting against technology park

Meeting against technology park By Janet Parker SYDNEY — More than 100 people attended a public meeting in Alexandria on May 27 to oppose plans for an advanced technology park (ATP) on the old Eveleigh goods yard site in Redfern.