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Rally to defend community services By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — Protests over cutbacks by the state Liberal government continue as the December 10 rally to "Defend Community Services" nears. More than 100 parents and students
By Gary Cohen Ten years ago, on December 3, 1984, the Union Carbide Corporation leaked a poisonous gas into a slum neighbourhood beside its Bhopal, India, pesticide factory. As a result of the company's criminal negligence, more than 4000 people
Bougainville: cease-fire fails By Frank Enright The Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) has declared an end to the cease-fire between itself and the Papua New Guinea Defence Forces signed in September before the abortive peace talks held
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Nativity in Black: A tribute to Black Sabbath Various artists Columbia Records Reviewed by Nick Fredman Before Metallica, before Soundgarden, before Spinal Tap even, there was Black Sabbath. With the insipid and
Manyu Wana — A unique Aboriginal children's program incorporating music, magic and stories. SBS, 10.30am, Saturday, December 10. The Comic Strip Presents — Bringing together the best of British comedians. In this week's episode, Jennifer
Looking out: Parts of the rainbow are violent By Brandon Astor Jones "In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." — Booker Taliaferro
ADELAIDE — On November 26, 120 people attended a protest rally over the privatisation of Modbury Hospital. Speakers, led by local residents, called for an ongoing campaign to save the hospital, the most efficient in the state. Lea Stevens from the
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Amid bitter protests from miners, teachers and other 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of organised labour, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has begun implementing a program of "reform" designed to wipe the last traces of socialism from the
A Critical View of Western Journalism and Scholarship on East Timor By Geoffrey Gunn (with Jefferson Lee) Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers, 1994. 271 pp., $25 (pb) Available by postal order from PO Box 703, Leichhardt 2040 Reviewed by
Tax the rich We've had the recession that we had to have and now, just when we thought it was safe to go out, Treasurer Willis, Prime Minister Keating and Reserve Bank governor Fraser are concurring with business economists on the tax increases
Oil companies and Timor My congratulations to the members of Resistance and others, who protested against Gareth Evans' policies at the Park Grand Hotel in Sydney on November 21. Due to taking the kids to school, I arrived late, to find the long
By Frank Enright The emperor has no clothes. The sham of the West's so-called peacekeeping operation in Bosnia has been finally stripped bare with the entry into the UN-designated "safe haven" of Bihac by Serb forces. Along the way, the Serbs