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R.I.P. "In Rupert Murdoch and Ken Cowley we have two men beside us we trust with our lives." — Fax to media organisations from Canberra Raider players aligned with Murdoch's would-be Super League. Of others? "The number one champion of nuclear
By Eva Cheng As the anniversary of the 1959 uprising in Tibet against Chinese occupation draws near, speculation is growing whether there will be new outbursts of pro-independence protests there. On March 10, 1959, Chinese troops went into the
By Dr Tuntuni Bhattacharyya The equally negative responses of Paul Keating and John Howard to a question during the ABC's pre-election "great debate" on February 25 about their positions on women's right to choose abortion clearly illustrated that
By Kathy O'Driscoll SYDNEY — Four hundred Telstra workers and supporters attended an anti-privatisation rally at Town Hall Square on February 28 organised by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the Communications, Electrical and
By Sue Bull CANBERRA — Since February 23, when it was ordered to negotiate with unions over their 9% pay claim, the Carnell Liberal minority government has used every possible tactic to stall negotiations. Mediators unacceptable to the unions have
Unforgiven — The story of 81-year-old James Cameron, a survivor of a lynching in 1930, who now travels the world reminding people of the atrocities committed against African-Americans in the US. ABC TV, Sunday, March 10, 10.20pm. Moving the
By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — On February 22, 100 people attended a march and rally in the Footscray shopping centre organised by the Public Tenants Union to mourn the death of public housing. The rally was conducted as a funeral procession complete
By Karen Lee Wald HAVANA — US-Cuba relations came tumbling down along with the two Miami-based planes shot down over Cuban airspace on February 24. Although the US State Department had repeatedly warned the anti-Castro Cuban-American group
By Merima Trbojevich This story is dedicated to all the women who have lived an experience like mine or at least share my feelings. Dedicated to the women who have been pushed by war into a struggle just to survive. There are too many stories like
Women in a Restructuring AustraliaAnne Edwards & Susan Magarey (eds)Allen & Unwin, 1995. 319 pp., $29.95Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg We are constantly confronted by imagery and articles in the establishment media which attempt to enforce the view that
John Howard, the Liberals and the big business media are of course claiming that the Coalition's big election victory is a "mandate" for the policies they plan to implement. That's a lie. There is no mandate. There's no mandate for Howard's policies
Healing Women: A History of Leichhardt Women's Community Health CentreBy Joyce StevensFast Books, Wild & Woolley, 1995. 135 pp., $17.95Reviewed by Jane Beckmann Healing Women presents an interesting and informative account of the development of the