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Mickey and Malory go to Hollywood

Natural Born Killers Directed by Oliver Stone Reviewed by Rjurik Davidson The film industry has been reviving dark, violent and macabre films: the degenerate The Bad Lieutenant, the disturbing Boxing Helena, the cataclysmic Reservoir Dogs

Philippines' new union federation

MANILA — In September last year, 253 unions, covering between 150 and 170,000 workers, broke away from the May First Movement (KMU) federation, to establish a new trade union centre called the Workers for Change (BMP). The formation of BMP

Refugees on hunger strike

PERTH — Thirty-six Vietnamese refugees at the Port Hedland detention centre began a hunger strike on October 25. They are protesting against changes introduced in the Migrant Legislation Amendment Bill number four, passed by the Senate on October

Refinery workers picket Port Stanvac

Refinery workers picket Port Stanvac By Tully Bates ADELAIDE — Forty-five maintenance workers from the Port Stanvac oil refinery picketed the plant after wage negotiations broke down. The action, which started on October 29, has halted

South Australian Labor left splits

By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE— A new left faction of the Labor Party, the Progressive Labour Alliance, has formed in South Australia following the walkout of a section from the existing left faction. The walkout includes 14 unions and state

Why do they ignore the truth of East Timor?

By Jon Lamb MANILA — For thousands of East Timorese living outside their homeland, their thoughts often turn to the friends and relatives they have left behind, particularly as November 12 and December 7 (the commemorative dates for the Dili

Write on: letters to the editor

Gareth Evans' words If Senator Evans' strong words about hunting down and bringing to justice the Khmer Rouge killers is to be taken seriously when can we expect him to introduce legislation akin to the United States Torture Victim Protection

Campaign to release Filipino political prisoners

By Jon Lamb MANILA — The campaign launch for the Free all Political Prisoners Movement (FPPM) was held at the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus on October 19. The campaign hopes to win the release of some 309 political

Glowing pains

Glowing pains By Stephen Robson PERTH — In the bizarre world of capitalism, lobbying for more nuclear waste is portrayed as rational. The Court government is pushing to establish a national nuclear waste dump in Western Australia's

News briefs

BRISBANE — Hundreds of reports of physical abuse and neglect of children in Queensland were not investigated properly last year because of state government under-funding, the State Public Service Federation said on October 30. The SPSF said

'Best yet'

'Best yet' By Sean Lennon MELBOURNE — "The 1994 Festival of Jewish Cinema has surpassed any previous festival of which I was director", is how festival director Les Rabinowicz describes the program and roster of overseas guests for this

Reclaiming feminism for all women

Comment by Lisa Macdonald and Pip Hinman We were looking forward to going to a Reclaim the Night march in Sydney. After all, last year's march was a great success. While there had been relatively little advertising, up to 6000 women of all