George Brown was an elder from the Wreck Bay community. He began his successful struggle for land rights for his people in the early '70s. Like all Aboriginal land rights struggles, it was long and tiring, but it culminated after more than 20 years
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NixonDirected by Oliver StoneStarring Anthony HopkinsReviewed by Russell Pink Oliver Stone is not your average Hollywood "molestation and mayhem" director pursuing an easy Oscar. He an important, complex, if sometimes annoying creator of films about
The Water You Drink: how safe is it?By John ArcherPure Water Press41 Cornelian Road, Pearl Beach NSW 2256120 pp., $13.50Reviewed by Dot Tumney No, don't cringe; just trade in your coffee machine for a water filter. Archer provides a useful
By Sue Bull
CANBERRA — In the last two weeks, unions involved in the ACT public sector pay claim dispute have begun to negotiate separate agreements with the Carnell minority Liberal government. The picket on the Legislative Assembly has been
East Timor Update
DARWIN — Around 50 people attended an East Timor Update held by Australians for a Free East Timor on March 19. The meeting was also a commemoration of activist Jason Porter, who recently died in a motorcycle accident in
By Lisa Macdonald
Socialists and other progressive activists from around Australia will be gathering in all capital cities (including Darwin and Canberra) on or around the Easter long weekend to participate in a political feast. The "Democratic
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
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
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
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