By Peter Montague
The US food industry went ballistic in January when Food & Water, Inc, a grassroots advocacy group in Walden, Vermont, and Environmental Research Foundation in Annapolis, Maryland, published an ad in Supermarket News comparing
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SYDNEY — The Chauvel Cinema, in association with the Australian Film Institute, is presenting the second of the 1996 Oz shorts programs — The Shorts Gig. It will screen twice only, on Wednesday, March 27, and Sunday, March 31. This selection
The Rhonda Movement in DrumheadDirected by Sue GilesApril 3-20, Wed-Sat at 9.30pmBudinski's Theatre, Lygon St, CarltonReviewed by Kim Linden The Rhonda Movement, a sassy female trio, will be performing Drumhead as part of the 10th Melbourne
By Trish Corcoran
At a time when business profits are up, women's wages and work conditions are on the way down. According to the head of the Affirmative Action Agency, women and their dependent children make up 70% of those living in poverty.
From Sand to CelluloidA collection of new works from indigenous film makers screening nationallyReviewed by Grant Gilbert This powerful collection of six short films takes you on an emotional journey through life from the Aboriginal perspective. The
Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the WestBy David RieffVintage, 1995. 240pp., $17.95Reviewed by Rob Graham Part of the rapidly growing body of literature on the former Yugoslavia, this is a liberal journalist's largely first-hand account of
By Damien Cahill
WOLLONGONG — Students from the University of Wollongong distributed the controversial article, "The Art of Shoplifting", in the local mall on March 22. The action was designed to bring attention to the trial of the editors of
By Kim Linden
MELBOURNE — On March 22, child protection workers and their supporters in the state public service struck for 24 hours and held one of the most spirited rallies since the big anti-Kennett demonstrations in 1992. The action was
By Lisa Macdonald
Only one other term has featured as boldly and often in the establishment media as the word "mandate" since the March 2 election. "Political correctness", used in its derogatory sense to trivialise and attack attempts by
The Boy on the RoofBy Allan MackayDirected by Bryan CuttsDispensary Cafe, 84 Enmore Rd, Newtown (Sydney)Until April 20Reviewed by Brendan Doyle If you haven't yet visited Newtown's newest and friendliest performance cafe, the Dispensary, then this
Never Truly LostBy Paddy PallinUNSW Press, 1996. 224pp., $19.95Reviewed by Flora Graham "Paddymade" light-weight camping gear and equipment for walkers is known and used worldwide, and Paddy Pallin himself was well known and respected by bushwalkers
Justice still eludes victims of the Bhopal gas disaster, according to the Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, a coalition of health, human rights, environmental and economic justice organisations founded in the wake of the Bhopal disaster. In 1984, a
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