Sexual Democracy: Women, Oppression, and Revolution By Anne Ferguson Allen and Unwin, 1991. $24.95 Reviewed by Vivienne Porzsolt Ann Ferguson attempts to construct a materialist explanation of women's oppression which takes into account all
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By Steve Painter Croatians around the world celebrated their country's independence on January 15, the day a range of European and other states recognised the breakaway former Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia. The European decision
The reports of the prime ministerial task force on "ecologically sustainable development" stack up to more than the height of former prime minister Bob Hawke. But environmental groups are divided on how productive the process is.
Paula Nassif SYDNEY — TAFE teachers in NSW are concerned over threats of disciplinary action for making public comments. Labor Party assistant shadow education minister John Murray noted recently that two Wollongong teachers were reprimanded
By Nigel D'Souza When blacks rose against their oppression in Britain in the '80s, the images on newsreel and documentaries confirmed or constructed images in the popular imagination of blacks and their place in British society. Out of the
By Steve Painter A year after the Gulf War, the United Nations embargo against Iraq remains in place, with Australian warships helping to enforce it. As a result, most Iraqis have spent the past 12 months living amid a catastrophe even worse
After a phase of fiasco, the Moscow city administration's plan for the privatisation of housing seems to have reached its mature form — rank injustice. Under an earlier plan, abandoned in late November,
PNG mine closed by land dispute By Alex Bruhl PORT MORESBY — The Mt Kare alluvial gold mine, near Porgera in a remote area of the Papua New Guinea highlands, remains closed after being raided by armed men on January 9. The raid,
By Craig Brittain Magazines don't often get reviewed. This is a shame, because unless you happen to stumble across them, you might never know of their existence — especially left-wing magazines which don't make the newsstands. Dissent was
By Dan Connell and Angela Matheson JEBEL MUKABER, Occupied West Bank: A convoy of 15 Israeli vehicles recently drove into this small Palestinian village and stopped in front of the newly constructed house of Anwar Kalil. Within minutes, two
By Sally Low MOSCOW — So she will not lose heart, environmentalist Ann Rubin concentrates on the small and not the large picture in the former USSR. The extent of damage, the breakdown of any recognised central political force, people's daily
Rape The justice systems, of late, have been fine tuning their message for the prospective rape victims of the '90s, and women would do well to consider the following. If you are a single woman on a date, do not allow your boyfriend to rape
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