Asia-Pacific workers' conference
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — Twenty-two leading trade unionists and labour researchers from the Asia-Pacific region will participate in the "Workers Change the World" conference here from September 29 to
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"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." This quote from revolutionary poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht describes the relationship of the Review section of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly to the material it covers.
Amcor monopoly threatens Victorian forests
MELBOURNE — National Wilderness Society spokesperson Georgie Stewart, speaking here on September 16, said that Amcor's success in establishing a monopoly on the production of higher grade papers in
'Stop the Chainsaw Massacre'
Activists from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) blocked the main entrance to Paramount Studios on September 15, demanding that the film and entertainment industry stop using tropical rainforest wood in set
Genetics and sexuality
By Daisy Kiriakidis
MELBOURNE — Experiments to seek out a "gay gene" were the topic of a public meeting organised here by the Democratic Socialist Party on September 24. About 60 people discussed contributions by
By Bernie Brian
WOLLONGONG — In 1991 Joy Williams (her Aboriginal name is Janaka Wiradjuri) published a collection of poems in the book Blackberry's Child. In one of her poems, Joy writes of the inspiration she gained from the poems of the
(Un)declared wars
As if it was not enough that women are being discriminated against in almost every aspect of society already, now most of the world's media are waging an undeclared war on women who are victims of AIDS.
Instead of serving
Pornography debate on SBS
Patently Offensive: Porn under siege
SBS Television
October 4, 11.40 p.m. (11.10 Adelaide)
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
The key focus of the debate on pornography is whether it contributes to sex crimes. Does
Kennett's failed experiment
One year ago Jeff Kennett became premier of Victoria because of widespread disillusionment in the previous state Labor government. He immediately launched a blitzkrieg of cuts to education, health, public transport
Jurassic Park
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp
Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough and Jeff Goldblum
Reviewed by Karen Fredericks
Before the dinosaurs turn nasty in Jurassic Park,
WA Greens Senator CHRISTABEL CHAMARETTE recently visited Aboriginal communities in the state's north to consult with them on land rights and the government's Mabo legislation. She was interviewed in Perth for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly by MICHELLE HOVANE.
By Ignatius Kim
I recall being thunderstruck upon first hearing Kev Carmody's debut single, "Pillars of Society", in the summer of 1990. In fact, I could tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing. With a moving power, it expressed
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