Socialist candidate slams Valley Mall 'racism'
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Susan Price, Democratic Socialist candidate for the Central ward in the March 26 Brisbane City Council elections, has condemned the "racist harassment" of Aborigines
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By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Thabo Mbeki, head of the African National Congress Department of Internal Affairs, has appealed for continued international solidarity with the people of South Africa and the ANC. Addressing a meeting here of the
No corn whiskey required
The Tinkers: Traditional Irish and American Music
Cassette available from Tim Meyen (06) 230 2504, or Sean Kenan (06) 2470 294
Reviewed by Denis Kevans
If music means timing, then this tape by the Tinkers, which
The elections in South Africa are just over a month away. Shortly, South Africa will have its first democratic government. The coverage of the major political event of the year from the mass media has been stunning.
The establishment media have
By Maureen Baker
PERTH — "Kids swept from streets" was the headline on a recent edition of a community newspaper. Operation Sweep was launched by police on January 2 and has operated from 8pm to 4am on Friday and Saturday nights for seven of
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Sam Shilowa, general secretary of the 1.4 million-member Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), has described South African employers' resistance to COSATU-organised voter education on the shop floor as
But The Dead Are Many
By Frank Hardy
University of Queensland Press. 293 pp., $16.95
Reviewed by Dave Riley
The image of communism promoted during the Cold War years was that of the great purges. Leading communist cadre were executed as
Unhappy
"There is no correlation between happiness and money. I believe the richer you get the richer you want to be and the competition to climb up the rich list causes unhappiness." — Stockbroker Rene Rivkin, explaining that his mate,
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The right-wing alliance of parties opposed to the holding of democratic elections has been severely weakened by the Bophuthatswana uprising. The Freedom Alliance has all but collapsed, with a significant component
Toxic waste plan for SA
By Anthony Thirlwall
ADELAIDE — South Australia could be the site of Australia's first high-temperature toxic waste incinerator.
The state Liberal government has revealed that the Environmental Protection
International Women's Day art exhibition
White Egret Gallery, Darwin
Reviewed by Deb Sorensen
Ten women artists, eight of them from the Northern Territory, were represented in this exhibition, which ran for two weeks from International
Military tourism comes to Darwin
By Tim E. Stewart
DARWIN — This backpacker capital of the north is opening its doors to foreign military exercises. For 10 months of the year, locals will be host to air and naval exercises by visiting
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