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Blemishes under the skin

Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 By Doris Lessing Harper Collins, 1994. 419 pp., $39.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon To read Doris Lessing is to struggle between being unable to put the book down and wanting to

Road network reveals Israeli final status plan

By Michal Schwartz Recurrent Palestinian attacks on Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint near Netzarim in the northern Gaza Strip have raised the question of whether or not the settlement should be evacuated. The killing of

Write on

Bligh campaign Well-known lesbian and community activist, Susan Harben, has announced her candidacy for the ALP for the inner Sydney seat of Bligh, the "pinkest" seat in Australia. The seat is currently held by independent, Clover Moore, who has

Film banned

Film banned SYDNEY — For the first time in over a decade, the Censorship Board has banned a film from a film festival. The Spanish film, In a Glass Cage, deals with the themes of fascism, masculinity and physical abuse and was to be screened

... and ain't i a woman?: Family man

Family man John Howard's re-election to the leadership of the party-that-can't-find-a-leader has been accompanied by a barrage of comments on that most fundamental of institutions, the family. Howard admits that "on ... issues such as the

Political correctness: the new red scare

By Phil Shannon A recent radio phone-in on the ABC on "Has Political Correctness (PC) gone too far?" had all callers agreeing that it had. They lamented that certain kinds of jokes can not be told without the teller being accused of being a

Jobs and forests: how to save both

By Lisa Macdonald The blockade of Parliament House in Canberra by 4000 timber workers has narrowed the terms of the export woodchipping licence debate to a question of "jobs versus environment". Yet all of the available information on employment

Brisbane protest

Brisbane protest By Kathy Newnam Brisbane — Some 200 people attended a speak-out against woodchipping on February 3 in the Queen St Mall. The action, called by Resistance, demanded that the government protect all old growth forests by

Campaign for Coogee women's pool

Campaign for Coogee women's pool SYDNEY — A concerted community campaign has begun to save the Coogee women's pool. It is currently under threat from one man, who has contested the council's right to refuse him entry to the pool, which has

Why greens should be concerned about privatisation

By C.M. Friel What is the relationship between public ownership, private ownership and the environment? Public ownership itself is no guarantee against corruption, but it makes it much more difficult to misappropriate public property for

World Court to rule on nuclear weapons

By Linda Kaucher This year, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) could declare the use, and threat of use, of nuclear weapons illegal, as a result of the United Nations General Assembly's December resolution to refer the question to the

Another slap in the face

Editorial: Another slap in the face Last year, Prime Minister Keating labelled strident supporters of cuts to the budget deficit as "deficit daleks". This year, following the large increase in the balance of payments deficit, Treasurer Ralph