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Protest movements in Australia

Power and Protest: Movements for Social Change in Australian Society By Verity Burgmann Allen and Unwin. 302 pp. $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Vannessa Hearman Verity Burgmann, co-editor of the four volume A People's History of Australia

Protest at Brisbane Women's Prison

Protest at Brisbane Women's Prison By Sylvia Porter BRISBANE — Twenty-five people picketed the Brisbane Women's Prison on March 20, protesting against the imprisonment of women for offences related to domestic violence. The action

Hollywood backlash

Hollywood backlash Scent of a Woman Directed by Martin Brest Written by Bo Goldman With Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell Greater Union Reviewed by Gabrielle Carey I was prejudiced about this film before I even saw it because of

Bureaucracy, East and West

Power and Money By Ernest Mandel London: Verso. 251 pp. $34.95 Reviewed by Jason Cheng Readers familiar with Ernest Mandel's incisive and readable work will not be disappointed by Power and Money, in which he presents a Marxist theory

Labor's 'true believers' face disappointment

When Paul Keating thanked the "true believers" in Labor for re-electing his government on March 13, he was met with a wild ovation from the loyal crowd at the Bankstown Leagues Club. But PETER BOYLE asks: what is the worth of his promise to

The real issues in Russian crisis

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — "What has occurred has been an attempt to concentrate power fully in the hands of the Soviets, to return the Communist nomenklatura to the levers of government, and to seize back the democratic conquests of August

Amnesty leader campaigns against death penalty

By Norm Dixon The United States government is "a major and flagrant human rights violator" which is "perpetrating terror on its own citizens" through its frequent use of the death penalty, Rick Halperin, chairperson of Amnesty International

Not a false move

One False Move Directed by Carl Franklin Written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson With Bill Paxton and Lynda Williams Reviewed by Gabrielle Carey This is a powerful movie from a new African American director, Carl Franklin. It's

Corruption scandal swamps Italian government

By Catherine Brown Last year the Italian government announced plans for extensive privatisation of government-owned industry. Now, the prime targets for privatisation are in the thick of a massive corruption scandal. All major state companies

Delivering

Delivering According to George Campbell, national secretary of the Automotive, Metals and Engineering Union, "we can never again allow the trade union movement to become so weak that large Â鶹´«Ã½ of it are dependent upon a Labor government

Secret radioactive dumping in Pacific

Secret radioactive dumping in Pacific WASHINGTON — Reports from the European press that the Soviet Navy secretly dumped nuclear reactors and radioactive waste into the Sea of Japan indicate a more damaging nuclear legacy of the Cold War

Peltier frame-up highlighted

Amnesty International is highlighting the case of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier in this Year of the Indigenous Peoples, AI's US chairperson, Rick Halperin, told Â鶹´«Ã½.