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Love, Power and Knowledge: Towards a Feminist Transformation of the Sciences By Hilary Rose Polity, 1994. $39.95 Reviewed by Neville Spencer Hilary Rose covers a diverse spectrum of issues in Love, Power and Knowledge — feminist theories
Choice "This is a most interesting election from many points of view: the fact we've known about it for so long, the fact that there are no real issues out there ..." — NSW Premier John Fahey on the state elections. Advice on credit
At the upcoming UN Environment Program (UNEP) Governing Council in Nairobi in May, it is likely that delegates will vote to start the process to change the current voluntary Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures for chemicals and pesticides into a
Chechen government appeal The following statement was received by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) General Secretariat on February 27 from the government of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria. The Government of the
Pen friends wanted [We have received the following requests from prisoners in the United States seeking pen friends.] When all attempts fail, empty loneliness demands me to try harder. Attractive, caring, compassionate gentleman, w/m on
US pesticide study sounds alarm Washington, D.C. — A study published on February 27 in the American Journal of Public Health, which finds elevated rates of cancer in children exposed to pesticides, raises yet again the serious and overdue need
Actively Radical TV — This week's program looks at the controversy surrounding Sydney's third runway. Activists Ian Fraser, Aline Smith and Col Hesse discuss Labor's legacy in inner Sydney. CTS (UHF 31), Friday, March 10, 10.30pm (Repeated
CFMEU bans demolition By Chantal Wynter MELBOURNE — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has backed a campaign by Broadmeadows teachers and community leaders to stop the government from bulldozing the caretakers'
A short story by Maria Lee I arrive about forty-five minutes early, and park next to the theatre gardens. I walk up to the street and find the building I'm supposed to go to. Along the way, my eyes check for possible parking places for the next
By Tom Burghardt SAN FRANCISCO — Four California women's health centres were attacked in the first half of February. The latest in a series of arson attacks occurred on February 15 when a fire was started at the Planned Parenthood facility in
Straight sex: the politics of pleasure By Lynne Segal Virago Press 1994 Reviewed by Tyrion Perkins Male power "authentically originates in the penis", claims Andrea Dworkin in her book Pornography: men possessing women. Such views,
Not the thinking woman's party By all indications, 1995 is shaping up to be the year in which the ALP relaunches itself as the "thinking woman's party". Not since the ALP's 1972 "It's Time" campaign has the party placed so much emphasis on its