Union boycott of Campbells soups
By Bronwen Brook and Adam Leeman
MELBOURNE — A spirited meeting of 70 mushroom pickers employed by Campbells Pty Ltd was held in the Bundoora region on February 9.
The workers, mostly women, discussed
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By Max Lane
A general feature of the world economy during 1994 has been an upturn in production. With the exception of Japan, most of the imperialist countries have been achieving a growth rate of 3-5%, and some of the major Third World
Malcolm X: Make it plain
Three-part documentary, screening February 23, March 2 and March 9 at 8.30pm (8 South Australia) on SBS
Reviewed by Chris Martin
This new documentary is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the life of Malcolm X
Dancing on the Edge
Los Bobos Cosmicos
Self-financed release through Disculture
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
This is the first release by a new distribution company, Disculture, that specialises in promoting "self-dependent" artists — artists
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.
Banks
Is Every Sperm Sacred? — Written and performed by Irene Stephanou, a South African of Greek descent. A funny and furious dissection of the "new" South Africa. ABC Radio National, Friday, February 24, 9.30pm.
Womadelaide live — For all those
By Rob Miller
With the ALP federal government planning to cut expenditure, funding for higher education is under further threat. The preparations for further cutbacks began in 1994 with the commissioning of reports on "Resource Allocation in
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — WOMAD '95 (in Botanic Park, February 24-26) promises to be a more exciting and diverse event as its reputation grows on the international music scene. The International Year of Tolerance and beginning of the
British companies in Amazon mahogany rip-off
Friends of the Earth revealed on February 13 that British companies are continuing to buy mahogany that has been illegally cut from the Amazon rainforests of Brazil.
Official Brazilian government
BRISBANE — Queensland Council for Civil Liberties vice-president Terry O'Gorman has blasted a new Criminal Justice Commission report which calls for power for itself and state police to seek Federal Court approval to tap telephones in the course of
Gatton Man
By Merv Lilley
McPhee Gribble. 194 pp., $17.95
Reviewed by John Tognolini
"I'm past seventy. I was, in a sense, born with a task. I was born twenty-one years after the event. I am the only person left on earth who could write
Over the last week, the media have been following the struggle of media magnate Kerry Packer in his quest to be the first person in Australia to own everything. Packer's "assault" on the Fairfax newspaper empire has been heralded as the greatest
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