Bosses cautiously welcome recovery
By Paul Oboohov
In a recent article in the Financial Review, major consultants for capitalists, such as Anderson Consulting, Boston Consulting Group and Bain International, say that the bosses
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US to back Three Gorges Dam?
A coalition of 15 environmental, development, church and human rights organisations has called on the Clinton administration to oppose the construction of the massive Three Gorges Dam planned for China's
By Tim E. Stewart
DARWIN — Challenging the daily terror of Murdoch headlines, a group of locals have embarked on an ambition media project. They are setting up a community-based paper in direct opposition to the sex, law and order of
A long way to go
By Kath Gelber
In these days of "post-feminism", you hear many people declare that women are no longer oppressed. That's all old hat after the second wave of feminism, they say, and if you still hold to those
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
This week (October 14/15) a National Day of Action in support of East Timor is taking place around Australia, sponsored nationally by UDT (Union of Democratic Timorese) Fretilin Youth (Revolutionary Front for Independent East Timor), Resistance and
ADELAIDE — The Campaign to Defend Public Services held its first public meeting here on September 28, with 40 people representing a wide range of areas under attack from the Brown Liberal government. A lively discussion developed around attacks on
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Paramount Pictures
Starring Ben Kingsley
Dendy Theatre, Sydney
Late October
Reviewed by Frank Noakes
A film woven around the game of chess? Don't be fooled. Film titles and even subject
By Renfrey Clarke
BUDAPEST — Years after the "old left" Communist party regimes collapsed in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the results are clear: not peace and an expansion of democracy, but a licence for the forces of capital to
Mandela asked to help Nigerians
Earthlife Africa, at the request of the pro-democracy movement in Nigeria, is urging South African President Nelson Mandela to make representations to the Nigerian government for the release of Ken
by Nick Everett
"The international community continues to miss the point in the case of East Timor. To the capitalist governors, Timor's petroleum smells better than Timorese blood and tears." — A Portuguese priest, Kraras, in East
Spider and Rose,
Written and directed by Bill Bennett
Starring Ruth Cracknell, Simon Bossell and Max Cullen
Reviewed by Pip Hinman
When Ruth Cracknell was asked to describe Spider and Rose, she said she didn't really know
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