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Doco Feast takes up debates

The Brandon Teena StoryDirected by Susan Muska and Greta OlafsdotterPride DivideDirected by Paris PoirierDistributed by Queer Screen, phone (02) 9332 4938 Review by Bronwen Beechey These recently made documentaries from the US, screened at the

And so then what's Resistance magazine?

You're looking at it. This is our latest initiative — four pages (and the back cover) in Â鶹´«Ã½ each week specifically covering issues and features of concern to young people, by and for young people. Here's what you can expect: features and

Day of the Dead in Nicaragua

By Anneli Tolvanen MANAGUA — November 2 is the Day of the Dead in Nicaragua, when the cemeteries fill with family members decorating the graves of their loved ones. The day could not have begun with more disturbing scenes of death. The worst

Looking out: The future before it happens

The future before it happens "In this day of mini-marts and fast food outlets, quick lubes and fast traffic, the small cabin ... is a thing of pure beauty ..." — Rheta Grimsley Johnson Lying next to this legal pad, as I write, is a

Resistance is necessary

This issue of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly is a little bit different. It contains the first issue of Resistance magazine, published by the socialist youth organisation, Resistance. The launch of Resistance as a regular feature in Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly will

Departing One Nation MP praises Labor's native title bill

Departing One Nation MP praises Labor's native title bill Departing One Nation MP praises Labor's native title bill By Graham Matthews BRISBANE — One Nation state MP Charles Rappolt resigned from parliament and One Nation on November 4.

An encouraging development

An encouraging development This issue of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly contains an important and encouraging development: Resistance magazine, a new publication that will be incorporated in each issue of Â鶹´«Ã½. Resistance magazine will be designed,

This week in history

This week in history November 12, 1927: Trotsky expelled from Soviet Communist Party Identifying a bureaucratic degeneration of the Soviet Union led by Stalin, Leon Trotsky began organising an opposition in 1926. Stalin deprived Trotsky of his

School's real job — repressing dissent, enforcing conformity

By Arrow Tong School is oppressive. There are no two ways about it. For one, school (and students) are supposed to be "apolitical" — and school authorities try to keep it that way. Political repression tries to keep us quiet whenever we do take a

Debate over Jabiluka campaign direction

Debate over Jabiluka campaign direction By Pip Hinman In Melbourne on November 2, Jacqui Katona of the Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) met with representatives of the national Jabiluka Action Group Network to discuss the campaign against

Truth Commission report shakes up politics

Truth Commission report shakes up politics By Norm Dixon The final report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), released on October 29 by chairperson Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has presented a damning indictment of the

ACT government takes aim at workers

By Stuart Martin CANBERRA — The Chief Minister's Department (CMD) is the first department under the Carnell Liberal government to use the new industrial laws introduced by the Howard government. ACT public servants who are already on agency