John Steinbeck: A Biography
By Jay Parini
Heinemann, 1994. 614 pp., $45 (hb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
When John Steinbeck observed one of the most cruelly victimised groups of the 1930s Depression — the Oklahoma Dust Bowl refugees — he
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Socialist youth set goals
By Tim Stewart
SYDNEY — More than 250 people attended the 23rd Resistance National Conference here from July 8-10. Activists from around Australia, including Darwin, Perth and Launceston discussed the crisis of
By John Tognolini
SYDNEY — Police corruption has long been a central theme in New South Wales. Ian Temby's last report, on Operation Milloo for the Independent Committee Against Corruption, delivered in February, revealed police involvement in
Death in custody
I'd like to bring to the attention some points I feel may be of significance and importance to members of the public, and also other Aboriginal organisations, concerning the recent death in custody of Anthony John Welsh at the
SA's own Dan Quayle
By Penny Farrow
ADELAIDE — Single women are "going around getting pregnant to rort the system", according to state Liberal backbencher Joe Rossi. He has also been quoted by a suburban newspaper as saying that single
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Fifty people attended a speak out in support of East Timor in the Queen Street Mall on July 15. The protest was called in response to the previous day's violent crackdown by Indonesian troops on a protest in Dili.
National student women's conference
By Jen Crothers
SYDNEY — Over 400 women gathered at Macquarie University from July 11-15 for the annual Network of Women Students in Australia (NOWSA) conference, the theme of which was "Women working
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