Black humour from Eastern Europe
Three Colours White
A film by Krysztof Kieslowski
Showing at Sydney's Academy Twin
Reviewed by Peter Boyle
If you like your comedy Eastern European black, this is a film for you. The second of
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By Phil Clarke
China's economy, which as recorded more than 13% growth in 1992 and 1993, is the fastest growing in the world. Despite that, it is a dramatic example of the dictum that, without a profound change in the social relations of
By Jon Land
Military cooperation between Australia and Indonesia has been boosted with Defence Minister Robert Ray and defence force chief Admiral Allan Beaumont's five-day visit to Indonesia. The high-level discussions, which began on August 1,
Keating's hypocritical environmentalism
By Dave Wright
MELBOURNE — On August 4, Friends of the Earth condemned Paul Keating's hypocrisy for denouncing resource piracy by Japanese and Malaysian companies, while supporting Australian
By Chris Spindler
The current drought throughout farming regions in parts of South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria and particularly in NSW and central Queensland is close to the worst this century. Forty five per cent of NSW has been
Distant Voices
By John Pilger
Vintage, 1994, 625 pp., $14.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
In Distant Voices, John Pilger is once again on a mission to "rescue from media oblivion uncomfortable facts" about our human and political world.
By Theogene Rudasingwe
Rwanda is distinctive among the countries of Africa for the small size of its territory and the high density of its population (7.5 million people, 285 inhabitants per square kilometre).
It is inhabited by a people
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — "There is a general feeling — at least among those inclined to be bullish on the subject — that a post-reform Russian economy has dawned, and we are now moving out across the gently rising pastures on the further
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA — The size of the turnout at the rally to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution surprised everybody this year.
The FSLN had announced they did not have the resources to bus and truck people
Ecocalendar
SYDNEY — The Ecocalendar is a quarterly listing of environmental and social ecology organisations and events. In addition to three months of events listed in a planner format, there is a listing of progressive organisations with
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Twenty five thousand workers employed in South Africa's car assembly industry have begun a national strike in support a 12% wage increase and the elimination of apartheid wage differentials.
Speaking on August
Israel bans PLO from East Jerusalem
The Israeli government has introduced a new law to prevent the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian National Authority from conducting any political activities, or creating any political or
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