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Flaws in the film of Malcolm X

By Max Lane A recent Newsweek poll found that 84% of African-Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 consider Malcolm X a hero. Spike Lee's film is obviously meant to reinforce this view. In too many ways, however, it fails. Most radical

Russia's environmental problems worsen

By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — When perestroika began, the environmental movement in the USSR grew strongly. But the movement has tended to die away as anger at the damage wrought by the old order was swamped by the difficulties of surviving

Indonesia defeated over East Timor at UN

Indonesia defeated over East Timor at UN The Indonesian government suffered a major defeat at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on March 11, as 22 member states voted in favour of a resolution on East Timor. The

Steinbeck done well

Of Mice and Men Screenplay by Horton Foote Based on the novel John Steinbeck Directed by Gary Sinese With Gary Sinese, John Malkovich, Sherilyn Fenn, Ray Walston, Joe Morton At Greater Union Pitt St, Sydney Reviewed by Max Lane A

Women in prison

Women in prison Convicted SBS documentary in the Cutting Edge series Tuesday, March 23, 8.30 p.m. (8 p.m. in Adelaide) Reviewed by Kath Tucker "When you imprison a woman, you imprison her children." Eighty per cent of women in

Youth report 'misses the mark'

Youth report 'misses the mark' By Sean Malloy A recent report titled A Living Wage by the Australian Youth Policy and Action Coalition and State and Territory Youth Affairs Councils and Networks (STYACN) has angered young people in its

Call for independent monitor on custody

Call for independent monitor on custody The National Committee to Defend Black Rights has called for two strategies dealing with black deaths in custody to be immediately implemented by the government. NCDBR wants full and immediate

Students arrested as Suharto accepts Try

Students arrested as Suharto accepts Try Forty students demonstrated outside the Indonesian parliament on March 10 to protest against the nomination and election of ex-general Suharto as president. The demonstrators, carrying placards

How Cambodian 'news' is created

By Nick Johnson PHNOM PENH — The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) recently made public the presence in Cambodia of three former Vietnamese soldiers. One is an ethnic Khmer from southern Vietnam now in the Cambodian

The language of subversion

Two Interpretations From Central Park By Graeme Merry Visions and Voices Publications Reviewed by Peter Salisbury It will probably not be very long before the death of poetry is announced, in the same way as the death of the novel was

Where is Jimmy Hoffa?

Hoffa Written by David Mamet Directed by Danny DeVito With Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante Showing in Hoyts city and suburban cinemas Reviewed by Max Lane Hoffa is a disappointing film — annoyingly so, given the

Which way to a democratic South Africa?

Following bilateral discussions between the African National Congress and the National Party government in February, a multiparty preparatory conference was held on the weekend of March 6-7. The 26 political organisations present agreed to open