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Nostradamus' media watch

By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. ASIO

Thousands march on IWD

By Pip Hinman Thousands of feminists took to the streets around the country on March 12 to mark International Women's Day. The biggest rally, 5000, was held in Sydney, and large numbers of women gathered in other capital cities as well as

Feminism and Socialism

Regular readers will be aware of the running advertisement for Feminism and Socialism: Putting the Pieces Together. What you may not know, however, is that this is the most popular of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳'s ads, based on the mail order response of readers.

'We are victims of the legal system'

SAM WATSON is the president of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Brisbane. He was interviewed for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly by SUJATHA FERNANDES. What forms of discrimination do Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders face in the Australian legal system?

Normal relations

Normal relations "[There is] a full resumption of normal relations. I have not spoken to him since." — Former Liberal leader John Howard, on the "end" of a dispute with current leader John Hewson. Spoilsport "The [NSW] Police Commissioner,

Vasili Manikakis

Vasili Manikakis By Michael Karadjis and Kyrn Stevens Family, friends the Greek community and the entire progressive movement suffered a tragic loss on February 28 with the death of Vasili Manikakis in Athens, where he had been living

Kennett's party votes him 'innocent'

Kennett's party votes him 'innocent' By Karl Miller Melbourne — Eighteen months ago, Victorians voted the Liberal Party, led by Jeff Kennett, into state government. Labor's disastrous record allowed the Liberals to win merely by claiming

Pilger's Timor film launched

By Allen Myers SYDNEY — Death of a Nation, John Pilger's new film on East Timor, was launched with showings at the Mandolin and Valhalla cinemas here on March 10. A party following the launch raised funds to support the East Timorese people's

... and ain't i a woman?: International Women's Day

International Women's Day Last Saturday thousands of women around Australia and internationally marched to mark International Women's Day. It is a tradition which began with a strike by women garment workers in 1908 for better pay and working

Trade accord will worsen North-South divide

By Martin Khor Kok Peng In mid-April, trade and commerce ministers from more than 100 countries will sign the Final Act of the Uruguay Round in a glittering ceremony at Marrakesh in Morocco. They will be putting the seal on a seven-year-long

Scaring hell out of the ruling class

The Wobblies at War: A History of the IWW and the Great War in Australia By Frank Cain Spectrum Publications, 1993. 300 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Every radical lefty's heart has a soft spot for the Wobblies (the Industrial

Experiments with didjeridu

Bloodwood: the art of the didjeridu Alan Dargin with Michael Atherton Natural Symphonies Reviewed by Jill Hickson This is a collection of 10 of the most unusual musical pieces I have ever heard featuring the didjeridu. The title Bloodwood