By Robyn Marshall
BRISBANE — On March 7, Veronica Brady, the controversial nun from Western Australia, launched her biography of poet Judith Wright, titled South of My Days. The launch, attended by more than 300 women, was held at Loreto College
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By Ian Jamieson
Tasmania's minority Liberal government is continuing to receive stunning blows as a result of its attempt to "reform" local government in Tasmania. In a series of Australian Electoral Commission-run polls organised by seven
By Sue Bull
CANBERRA — Few here were surprised to see Liberal leader Kate Carnell re-elected as chief minister in the ACT. Her massive personal vote, the ALP's abysmal performance and "independent" Michael Moore's obsequious devotion assured her
By Eva Cheng
At Chinese Communist Party congress in September — the first formal occasion since Deng Xiaoping's death on which China's state, military and CP chief Jiang Zemin could show the world that he was really in charge — Jiang announced
By Jon Land
United States journalist and East Timor solidarity activist Allan Nairn was deported from Jakarta on March 18. Indonesian authorities threatened Nairn that if he entered Indonesia again he would be jailed for up to six years. Police
By Grace Eliot
Just six companies (Sony, EMI, BMG, Time-Warner, Universal and Polygram) control over 90% of the world's commercial music business. But this figure, based on sales volume or dollar turnover, does not reflect an increasing swell of
IWD in Guatemala
By Chantal Wynter
GUATEMALA CITY — On March 8, a lively gathering of some 3000 women and men marched through the streets of Guatemala City to celebrate International Women's Day. People from the indigenous Mayan community,
Feminist forum attracts large turnout
By Margaret Allan
Is TV series star Zena a model for liberation? How can women change society? Who should take financial responsibility for raising children? These were some of the questions raised at a forum
The following is a detailed account of the actions on March 19 and 20 in Lampung, South Sumatra, given to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly by some of the activists involved. One hundred and twenty students were injured, eight with broken bones; 121 were arrested;
Indonesia solidarity dinner
By Karen Fletcher
BRISBANE — The local branch of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) heard an update on the situation for pro-democracy activists in Indonesia from ASIET national coordinator
Cuba, culture and compassion
iew from a Wooden ChairJumping FencesThrough Grevillea Records Review by Lynda Hansen
After meeting with local Latin American musicians in 1979, Sue Monk and Lauchlin Hurse from the duo Jumping Fences developed a keen
By Alex Bainbridge
ROSEBERY, Tasmania — The second annual Rosebery Miners, Axemen, Bush and Blarney Festival was held here over the long weekend February 27-March 1. It attracted hundreds of people — from Rosebery and other towns on Tasmania's
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