Broadside
The collapse of Broadside is certainly a setback for the left, as is the demise of any progressive publication. However, the last issue of the paper does contain a number of points that need to be challenged.
Throughout the
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An invitation
Nearly two years ago, on the occasion of Â鶹´«Ã½'s 20th issue, we commented:
"When the idea for this newspaper was first floated more than a year ago, no-one could be sure whether it was a goer or a pipedream. Would it
Twenty-five years ago, a massive movement of students and workers in France changed the face of politics in the West irrevocably. In their millions, ordinary people demonstrated the falsity of theories that consumer society could achieve
Groove to a new style
Earth and Sun and Moon
Midnight Oil
Reviewed by Paul Boundy
The latest studio release from Australia's most public political band lacks the aggressive punch between the eyes the Oils are well known for. What
Rolling stoppages to protest Kennett cuts
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — State public sector unions will begin an industrial action campaign throughout Victoria from May 17 in response to the Kennett government's vicious funding cuts,
As Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly celebrates its 100th issue, one of Australia's best known and most respected journalists, JOHN PILGER, talks to Frank Noakes, in London, about the media and its changing role.
"When I started", John Pilger recalls, "the
Edge of insanity
A festival of seriously psycho late shows
Kino, Melbourne till July 11
Previewed by Mario Giorgetti
Had a rotten day? Mad as hell in a heatwave? Don't throw a fit. This series, which includes some of the great "crazies"
Port Macquarie hospital dispute in court
By Anne Casey
The Port Macquarie Hospital Action Group was caught off guard on May 6 when bulldozers and other heavy machinery began clearing the site of the controversial new private hospital for
Through Aboriginal Eyes
By Anne Pattel-Grey
Geneva: WCC Publications, 1991. 159 pp.
Reviewed by Annolise Truman
This book, which details Aboriginal experience, much of it traumatic and death-dealing, not only presents historical and
Free speech campaign widens
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — The campaign for free speech in the Queen Street Mall is gaining support against Lord Mayor Jim Soorley's attempt to further restrict the right of peaceful assembly.
Support
By Martin O'Byrne
MELBOURNE — A legal firm here is planning to take action against the state Ministry of Housing over the death of a public tenant from an asbestos-related disease.
Last September 10, Doreen Porter died from mesothelioma
By Peter Boyle
On May 13 the ACTU executive rejected a call by several unions covering low-paid workers for a national wage claim of $8 per week for workers who had not managed to strike enterprise bargains with their employers.
ACTU
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