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Women in the media

Women in the media Volunteers are wanted for "The Global Media Monitoring Project" — a project which aims to record the roles and representation of women in radio, television and newspaper news on one chosen "ordinary" day in our lives,

Pan Africanist Congress probes election failure

The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), long considered South Africa's most important liberation movement after the African National Congress (ANC), surprised many with its massive electoral failure in the April elections. The PAC won 1.3% of the national

Asian Theatre Festival

Asian Theatre Festival SYDNEY — The second Sydney Asian Theatre Festival continues at the Belvoir Street Theatre until October 1. Five unusual and intriguing presentations are offered. The Return, by Ta Duy Binh, is a poetic

Although you have disappeared, you live in our heart

Although you have disappeared, you live in our heart By Eliseo Balcazar Dear mother and father Dear sisters and brother Dear companion and friends Where are you? Where ... are you? December, January June August

How the Rwandan tragedy was created

By Zanny Begg The death toll in Rwanda has shocked people around the world. Rows upon rows of dead bodies have filled TV screens, newspapers and magazines since the carnage began in April. It has been estimated that 500,000 people have

On the box

Platypus Man — This documentary focuses on the work of John Wamsley, dedicated environmentalist and creator of the Warrawong Sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills. ABC, 12.30am, Wednesday, September 14. As It Happened: Acts of War — A

Portland Aborigines appeal

Portland Aborigines appeal The Kerrupjmara people of far western Victoria are considering re-establishing a tent embassy in Portland, eight weeks after an earlier tent embassy was ended. The embassy was set up in Portland's main

Looking out: Human beings

Looking out: Human beings By Brandon Astor Jones "Let us call it by the name which, for lack of any other nobility, will at least give the nobility of truth, and let us recognise it for what it essentially is: a revenge." —

How ideas are shaped

Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare 1945-1960 By Christopher Simpson Oxford University Press, 1994. 204 pp. Reviewed by Brian Martin Before reading this book, I thought that psychological

Thai army steps up comeback attempt

By Chris Beale A leak of plans to reshuffle army staff — reported in Bangkok's Nation newspaper — has revealed further evidence Thai generals are staging a "creeping coup" against the "pro-democracy" government of Prime Minister Chuan

Mandela's Jakarta visit 'inappropriate'

Mandela's Jakarta visit 'inappropriate' TAPOL, the London-based Indonesia Human Rights Campaign, called on South African President Nelson Mandela to raise publicly a number of human rights issues during his visit to Jakarta, which began on