A Walk in the CloudsStarring Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Anthony Quinn and Giancarlo GianniniDirected by Alfonso ArauReviewed by Barry Healy Magic Realism, the heady mix of gritty emotion and surreal dreaminess, has started to seep out of
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A preliminary agreement between Croatian and Serb negotiators and UN and US mediators in Erdut in eastern Slavonia on October 3, provides for a two year transition before the region returns to Croatian control. The land is rich agricultural land and
By Norm Dixon Human rights and peace movement activists are outraged that the ANC-led South African government has refused to support a ban on the production and export of landmines. Activists had high hopes that the ANC, whose members have
The world's largest manufacturer of passenger jets has been grounded. Boeing's 32,000 production workers in three US states downed tools on October 6 after members of the International Association of Machinists voted to reject a contract that
By Bernard Wunsch BRISBANE 鈥 About 300 high school students walked out of their classes on October 18 and rallied at the Roma Street Forum in protest against Australian uranium sales to France and French nuclear testing in the Pacific. The walkout
By Max Lane KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 鈥 The steering committee of the Asia Pacific Coalition on East Timor (APCET) met from October 13-15 to discuss the coordination of support activities for the East Timorese independence struggle. The steering
GarbageGarbageWhite Records through MushroomReviewed by Jen Crothers One person's garbage is another person's treasure, to paraphrase an old saying. That's how the name of this new band originated. On hearing some early material, one musician's
By Sally Mitchell DARWIN 鈥 On October 12, Aboriginal people from four town camps in Katherine travelled to Darwin in a bus convoy to protest about housing shortages. Four new camps are urgently required to house 71 families now living with minimal
By Bill Mason BRISBANE 鈥 Meatworkers, locked out of the Beaudesert plant of the Australian Meat Holdings Ltd (AMH) after they struck in opposition to a non-union enterprise agreement, are continuing their picket. The enterprise agreement involves a
By Stuart Martin CANBERRA 鈥 Since mid-September, Australian National University members of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), have been conducting industrial action to win a
The SeparationDirected by Christian VincentScreening at Cinema Como in South YarraOpens in Sydney on November 16 at Verona Cinemas, PaddingtonReviewed by Margaret Allan. The Separation is a very good French film about the deteriorating relationship
SEUMAS MILNE, labour editor of the Guardian, is the author of a book about the operations of the British secret services against the National Union of Mineworkers (The Enemy Within, London, Verso, 1995). He was interviewed by L脕SZL脫
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