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Loose cannons

Blame God "This election means in a way that the whole Protestant ethic of hard work bringing its own reward is in doubt." — A "prominent Liberal" quoted in the March 23 Bulletin. Pass a law against it "Unfortunately, there's too much

The wartime protest that history forgot

By Igal Avidan On February 28 exactly 50 years ago, a few hundred women began a historic demonstration in Nazi Germany — perhaps the only public protest against the Holocaust ever to be staged under Hitler. Yet the demonstration is

The trade in Asian women

By Karen Fredericks The planned launch of War of the Sexes, a book on how to find and marry a Filipina woman, was thwarted by the angry response of Filipina women in Perth last month. The author of the book, Kenneth Morgan, was inundated with

Write on

ALP and preferences Re Steve Robson's article, "WA election results and preferences (GLW, March 17). As was published at the time, I resigned from the (WA) ALP in protest of the Serious and Repeat Offenders Sentencing Act 1992 and the WA

Handbook for activists

Handbook for activists By Stephen Bavaro SYDNEY — The Activists Defence Network (ADN) will soon be launching the Activists Defence Handbook. A spokesperson for the ADN says that the handbook will be available by late March or early

The mother's moon

Blood Moon By Tes Lyssiotis Directed by Robert Draffin Cast: Nina Landis, Maggie Millar, Diedre Rubinstein, Mary Sitarenos Theatreworks, Melbourne, until March 28 Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Blood Moon is Tes Lyssiotis' 13th play

EYA pedals against pollution

EYA pedals against pollution By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — The next generation of young people faces tremendous problems of pollution and environmental destruction because of the neglect of the past, Phoebe Clark, a 13-year-old high school

Parliament puts Yeltsin on the ropes

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Amid anguished plaints from liberal ideologues and the indifference of the mass of the population, the Eighth Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation voted on March 12 to strip President Boris

Universities vs community over technology park

By John Hutnyk SYDNEY — In various community media, activists have written recently about the planned three-university "advanced technology park" (ATP) targeted for Redfern. The communities involved called, among other things, for a

South African whites: between hope and fear

MARINA CARMAN's family left South Africa in 1977 and returned for their first visit in December. Here she describes what she found. The one word that hits more than any other and around which everything else seems to circle is: change.

Retired hurt: Australia's changing boardrooms

By Michael Rafferty Recessions have always had a direct and obvious impact on the working class, and the current downturn is no exception. Mass unemployment, wage cuts and an intensification of work are all features of this recession.

... and ain't i a woman?: Pat O'Shane's good reasons

Pat O'Shane's good reasons NSW magistrate Pat O'Shane apparently hesitated before she decided to make her views on violence against women, and on sexist advertising, known in the Balmain Local Court on January 19. She had already decided to