Despite Botswana's President Festus Mogae November claim to British MPs that Bushmen had been allowed to hunt in the Kalahari Game Reserve, on February 2 Botswanan courts handed out 1000-pula (AU$310) fines for hunting gembok antelope. The Bushmen
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A retired US Army officer turned revolutionary socialist and author, Stan Goff spent the majority of his military career in a field euphemistically termed "Special Operations". Beginning with Vietnam in 1970, Goff was deployed to eight countries
Vera DrakeWritten and directed by Mike LeighStarring Imelda Staunton and Phil DavisOpens nationally February 10
REVIEW BY ELIZABETH SCHULTE
Movies that even mention abortion are few and far between. So when a movie like Vera Drake, which depicts
The first state-funded evaluation of the impact of the US abstinence-only approach to sex education in Texas has found that more teenagers were sexually active after taking the program than before it. The evaluation, which involved surveying all
Lara Pullin
Women's access to abortion is back on the political agenda as the religious right attempts to whip up controversy. But the anti-abortion forces may have misjudged the amount of support that a woman's right to choose has throughout the
Federico Fuentes
A manifesto proposed by 19 intellectuals created a stir at this year's World Social Forum. The 12-point platform of proposals is designed to make concrete the slogan "Another World is Possible".
Circulated in order to gain the
Sarah Stephen &Aaron Benedek, Sydney
Consider this scenario: an Australian citizen travels to another country, is kidnapped by the military of a third country, receives absolutely no assistance from the Australian government, is imprisoned for
Dave Riley, Brisbane
With the coronial inquiry still pending into the November death-in-custody of Cameron Doomadgee, the Queensland government and its police force have been able to avoid taking responsibility for the death.
The inquest will
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Rachel Freeman (Write On, GLW #612) perceives the Israeli-Palestinian confrontations from a Zionist perspective whereas Kim Bullimore and Doug Lorimer see it from a Marxist standpoint.
Freeman stresses the different
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1879: Ned Kelly's Jerilderie letter recounting his reasons for revolt is published.
2000: Blockades temporarily halt logging on the Errinundra Plateau, Gippsland.
1932: CNT general strike in Spain leads to insurrection.
1990: 800
Norm Dixon
After four months of virtual silence and tens of thousands more deaths, the January 31 release of the report of the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur has prodded US spokespeople into repeating the charge that
The SapphiresBy Tony BriggsBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyUntil February 20
REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE
Was it because of the tsunami and the sombre mood we've all had to get used to lately? In any case, the Sunday afternoon audience was really pumped
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