By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya
SYDNEY — About 12,000 people attended the second Sydney Women's Festival in the Domain on March 8. The festival was initiated last year by a group of women in business and at art college who believed that the traditional
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Foreign language
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Life is a foreign language ... [many] mispronounce it." — Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
Taken from Thunder on the Left (1923), Christopher Morley's words remind me that death is the only language
By Martin Iltis
ADELAIDE — On March 8, more than 2000 people took part in actions in support of reconciliation and native title. Around 1200 people gathered at Hindmarsh Square for the Show Your Hand Parade before marching to Rymill Park to link
By Matt Bloor
KOOPALOONA NIARA — Logging has begun in the pristine, sub-alpine, old growth forests of Koopaloona Niara (Mother Cummings Peak) in northern Tasmania, despite a concerted effort by environmentalists to halt the destruction. For two
Special appeal
By Max Lane
Suharto and his cronies have the IMF and the World Bank to bail them out of the present crisis, but the Indonesian opposition, especially the underground movement based among the workers and urban poor, don't have the
Magazine sells out, but editor doesn't
Magazine sells out, because editor doesn't
By James Balowski
In most countries, the editor of a magazine that sold out within a few days and can now be purchased only at more than 10 times its cover price
By Margaret Allan
The appointment, on December 5, of an "independent committee" to "review" the Affirmative Action (Equal Opportunity for Women) Act 1986 by the federal minister for work place relations and small business, Peter Reith, heralds
Having a laugh at racism
Mr Nguyen Throws a PartyThe Surf 'n' Theatre CompanyBondi Pavilion TheatreWeekdays 11am and weekends 11am and 3pm until March 21Tickets $6 to $12Bookings (02) 9365 1796. Review by Brendan Doyle
What does a "true blue
Amnesty: genocide in our own back yard
By Jennifer Thompson
SYDNEY — On March 4, Amnesty International launched a report documenting the failure of the Howard government's response to the recommendations of the "stolen children" inquiry. The
By Norm Dixon
An investigation conducted for Britain's Channel Four and the London Independent by respected Middle East journalist Robert Fisk has revealed that the Iraqi people are suffering from an epidemic of cancer following the 1991 Gulf War.
A tragic, exotic love story
A Mongolian TaleOpens at the Valhalla, Glebe, on March 19 Review by Francesca Davis
Set in the breathtakingly beautiful steppes of Mongolia, A Mongolian Tale is the story of two young people whose personal lives are
By Will Williams
CANBERRA — Half an hour before their lecture on March 10, 12 students at the Australian National University were informed that their first-year Russian course no longer existed. There was no prior consultation or discussion with
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