By Claudette Bégin
On January 29, a nail-studded bomb killed a guard and seriously injured a nurse at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. It had appeared to be a normal day at the New Woman All Women Health Clinic. An anti-abortion
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Appeal against Hindmarsh Island Bridge Act
By Angela Walker
CANBERRA — The 1997 federal Hindmarsh Island Bridge Act denies the Ngarrindjeri people of the lower Murray region of South Australia the right to seek protection of sacred sites
Voluntary student unionism in Qld
By Zanny Begg
BRISBANE — At the recent Young Liberals' conference in Noosa, Queensland, deputy premier Joan Sheldon announced that the state Liberal Party would introduce voluntary student unionism legislation
The darkness of a musician's downfall
ComplicityBy Timothy DalyMarian Street Theatre, SydneyUntil February 22 Review by Brendan Doyle
This well-constructed play, given a fine production by director John Krummel, tells the story of Eugene
Aircraft noise
SYDNEY — More than 1200 residents gave the thumbs down to the Sydney Airport Noise Plan at a public meeting in the inner west suburb of Ashfield on February 2. The meeting was organised by "Save our Skies" (SOS), formed last
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — At the convention of the broad democratic front Sanlakas held on January 31, more than 100 delegates elected five candidates to stand in the May national elections. Fifty-two congressional seats will be contested
By George J. Aditjondro
Having accumulated their initial capital from the Salim Group of Liem Sioe Liong and Nusamba Group of Bob Hasan, Suharto's six children began to form their own conglomerates. During this phase, Daddy was always ready to give
Bolshevik WomenBy Barbara Evans ClementsCambridge University Press, 1997. 338 pp., $39.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
To jittery reactionaries in revolutionary Russia, one of the most upsetting sights was the female Bolshevik. Proud and
Victorian private prison deaths
MELBOURNE — The Port Phillip (private) Prison in Laverton North started receiving men in mid-September. In just five months, there have been many very serious problems, in particular five deaths in custody in
Presidential elections?
Look out, Aussie, look out. Don't get fooled again! The establishment is trying to turn the Constitutional Convention into a farce. They want us to get embroiled in an argument about whether we elect, or appoint a President
Dialogues and monologues
By Brandon Astor Jones
"I thought [that] the original idea was for a dialogue, not a monologue, and it was [not] just the liberals getting together to congratulate themselves on their bias and prejudice ..." — Newt
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The controversial pamphlet, Bludgers in Grass Castles: Native title and the unpaid debts of the pastoral industry, was launched here on February 7 at the Resistance Centre. The pamphlet, by ecologist Martin Taylor, has
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