Emotions so powerful you can taste them
Like Water for Chocolate
A film by Alfonso Arau
Reviewed by Elle Morrell
In Mexico, hot chocolate is made with water, not milk. One brings the water to a boil and then adds the cocoa. When someone
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By Jabulane Matsebula
The government of Swaziland is reported to be using drought relief aid to lure voters to register under a widely rejected system of elections.
Swaziland has had a democracy drought for 20 years after the traditionalist
The war against the majority
This statement was issued by the "North-South Dialogue" sponsored by the World Federation of Democratic Youth in New Delhi, September 22-23.
Although the cold war between the USA and the USSR may have finished,
By Bergen O'Brien
SYDNEY — "When I paint I am free. My heart bonds with my mind which gives me an eye so keen and a hand so steady — paints a true statement of beauty so totally free", writes Bud Lansdale, an Aboriginal artist, from Long Bay
Business maths
"Although the details are secret, it is believed [Comalco] uses more than one-quarter of [Tasmania's] power production and provides about 12% of the state Hydro-Electric Commission's revenue." — Bulletin, October 5.
Catching
By John Pilger
The war against democracy, which replaced the cold war, had a notable success in Moscow this week. The promoters of the totalitarian "market" accelerated their assault on the lives of millions of ordinary people with the
After the Fall
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Elin O'Connell
New Theatre, Newtown (Sydney)
Friday-Sunday until November 13
Reviewed by Allen Myers
It's hard to find words sufficiently superlative to describe the New Theatre's After the
By Poul Funder Larsen
After the onslaught on parliament Yeltsin is in a formal position of absolute power, as all other major political players at the centre are either dissolved, suspended or banned.
The phoney elections in December are
ADELAIDE — Around 80 people gathered on the steps of Parliament House on October 2 to protest against Indonesia's occupation of East Timor and demand the release of resistance leader Xanana Gusmao. The demonstration was part of a weekend of
By Claudette Begin
A woman's right to choose when, if and how to have children is at the core of the women's movement. And yet increasingly, as concern grows about the scarcity of resources and the poverty here in the US and in Third World
By Sam Wainwright
In the next few weeks Environmental Youth Alliance activists in cities around Australia will be protesting against the increasing pollution of the environment under the banner "People Against Pollution".
The greenhouse
Police blasted for Aidex violence
The Commonwealth ombudsman has condemned as "inexcusable" the methods used by Australian Federal Police against protesters during the Aidex demonstration in Canberra in November 1991.
A report released by
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