Biology as ideology
"Why is it that wealthy old men seem to attract beautiful young women?", asks well-known Australian scientist and author Paul Davies. He answers: "something deeply biological is involved ... the battle of the sexes is just
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By James Vassilopoulos
The small funding boost for some health programs in the federal budget will not address the massive cuts that occurred in the Coalition's 1996 budget. Nor will it provide the expansion that is needed in the public health
By Max Lane
The rubber stamp People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) appointment in March of Suharto as president for another five years was the trigger that escalated a wave of student demonstrations which spread right around Indonesia. These
By Arun Pradhan
If we are to believe self-proclaimed "technology gurus", we have entered a realm where people swim in a sea of free information, interactive entertainment that is better than life and immediate communication with anyone, anywhere at
Tom Fawthrop
PHNOM PENH — Kim Bophana is bitter about the failure of US plans to capture Pol Pot and deliver him to an international tribunal. Bophana lost 38 relatives during the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge rule. "The US had the power to arrest Pol Pot
Pete Seeger: fighting back with music
By Tom Bridges
“I had a beautiful long-necked banjo, the 'Pete Seeger' model ...
and I played it constantly. I had a sweetheart too, who gave me a Pete
Seeger album for my birthday ... At last
By Gemma Doherty
SYDNEY — In recent weeks in NSW, both major political parties have been trying to outdo each other in statements to the media about the "law and order" issue. Premier Bob Carr's plan, announced last month, to help police tackle
Comment by Helen Jarvis
SYDNEY — More than 100 people, mainly Indonesians, packed into Burwood Community Centre on May 9 to hear Indonesian sociologist Arief Budiman speak on the topic "Can Suharto survive democratisation?" in a meeting organised
A tale in two cities
Reviews by Conrad Barrett
Two films dealing with working-class alienation and its symptoms have just been released in major cinemas. One set in London, the other in suburban Australia, both deal with drugs, crime and violence
Setback for tax office management
By Ben Courtice
The agreement accepted by executive level two staff in the Australian Taxation Office will not be certified by the Industrial Relations Commission because management made corrections to the
By Kathy Pinkusand Kamala Emanuel
HOBART — The Tasmanian University administration has announced plans to "amalgamate" two libraries on the Sandy Bay campus during mid-semester break. The Biomed Library will be closed and materials transferred to
Australian socialists demand: 'End support for Indonesian dictatorship!'
The following is abridged from a statement issued on May 16 by the Democratic
Socialist Party.
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1. The Suharto regime did imperialism's dirty work for
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