The Blue Shadows at Night em = By Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis Rodney King was driving home on the freeway one night, He was guilty of nothing, 'cept not being white, There were four of LA's finest there, out to have fun, So for this Black
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By Rose McCann SYDNEY — Late on the afternoon of May 8, clerks employed by the Building Workers Industrial Union (BWIU) and the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association (FEDFA) learned they had won their strike. The 36 clerks had
Businesslike generals Two Indonesian generals sacked over the November 12 army massacre in East Timor are using their new-found free time to study management in the United States, the Indonesian magazine Editor said on May 5. Major-General
By Tracy Sorensen When the financial bubble burst for the Laurie Connells, Alan Bonds and Christopher Skases in the late '80s, losing their lenders spectacular sums, the banks turned on the poor to extract some compensation. Those with bank
By Graeme Merry and Arnaud Gallios The Victorian Cross-Campus Education Network, which organised the large and militant "Education Day of Action" demonstration in Melbourne on March 26, and also the large (2000) student demonstration in
By Tracy Sorensen "As I walked into the ABC studios today, I saw a sign saying, "This is a smoke-free environment", David Engwicht, an urban ecology activist and expert, told a seminar in Sydney recently. "Now, think back 10 years. How many
From Watts to LA Twenty-seven years ago, a young black person, Marquette Frye, was arrested for drunk driving. His mother and brother were arrested when they protested to the California Highway Patrol officer. These arrests ignited a black
Swaziland is a tiny landlocked southern African monarchy dominated by South Africa. Repression and human rights abuses are overlooked by many governments and the international press. Inspired by the freedom movement in neighbouring South Africa,
East Timor: The Impact of Integration. An Indonesian Socio-Anthropological Study By Prof. Mubyarto et al Indonesian Resources and Information Program, Melbourne. 70 pp. $10.00 Reviewed by Robin Osborne Judging this book by its cover, the
RU486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals By Renate Klein, Janice G. Raymond and Lynette J. Dumble Spinifex Press, 1991. 151 pp. $14.95 Reviewed by Claudine Holt RU486, the so-called "abortion pill", is a drug that women can do without. This
The events in Los Angeles come at a time when the United States left is going through a process of discussion and reorganisation. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to Max Elbaum, managing editor of the progressive monthly publication CrossRoads, about
By Steve Painter The US space agency, NASA, claims the danger of ozone depletion over the northern hemisphere has eased due to a short Arctic winter, but a seven-month study by the agency confirms the ozone shield is "increasingly vulnerable to
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