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Loose cannons

Principles "We want to make life as difficult for them as they made life for us ... they used their numbers on the floor to block sensible, rational legislation ... they can count on us using all the forms and procedures and every tactic in the

Melbourne rally for East Timor

Melbourne rally for East Timor By Jo Brown MELBOURNE — About 500 East Timor supporters picketed the opening of the "Great Expectations: The United Nations at 50 Years" Conference at Melbourne University on Thursday, April 27. The

'Out now; end conscription': an antiwar activist remembers

By Jim McIlroy So Robert McNamara, the architect of the United States war against Vietnam of the 1960s and 1970s, now considers the war a "mistake", and an "unwinnable war." I doubt it. The real problem was that the US and its allies such as

'Skateboard punk rocker' no more

Kind Hearted Woman Michelle Shocked Self-produced Reviewed by Jen Crothers Michelle Shocked has not had an easy road in the music business. It started with the unauthorised release of what she now calls the "Texas Campfire Thefts" (The

The Kennedy conspiracies

ZR Rifle: The Plot to Kill Kennedy and Castro By Claudia Furiati Melbourne: Ocean Press, 1994. 183 pp., $22.95. Reviewed by Allen Myers Conspiracy is not the cause of history, but history often creates conspiracies. In the three decades

Looking out: Forgiveness, today!'

Forgiveness, today!' By Brandon Astor Jones What will it take for all of us to transcend ancient angers, hurts and assumptions? — Donna Britt in the Washington Post. No-one in the USA knows more about how slow black people are to

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program that tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. Movie: Dilemma (1989) — A socially committed woman

National day of action for forests

By Tony Hastings MELBOURNE — "Stop woodchipping old-growth forests" was the chant as 40 people from Friends of the Earth, the Wilderness Society and the Cross Campus Environment Network marched through the city on April 21. The action was

Write on: letters to the editor

Nomination I'd like to nominate the Honorable Gareth Evans for the inaugural award of the Crichton-Browne statuette to the Australian politician for outstanding achievements in disservices to humanity. The award already affectionately known as

$3000 up-front fee for NSW law students

$3000 up-front fee for NSW law students By Karen Fletcher SYDNEY — The three-month professional legal practice course at the College of Law will cost students $3000 plus materials fees of around $250, up front, in 1996. The college says

Adelaide campaign for East Timor takes off

Adelaide campaign for East Timor takes off By Jon Lamb ADELAIDE — The campaign in support of a free East Timor is well and truly under way here, with several successful meetings and events over the past month. On April 7, Resistance

New party launched in El Salvador

New party launched in El Salvador A new centrist party, "El Partido Democracia" (Democracy Party) was launched in San Salvador in late March. It is a consolidation of those elements which, rejecting Marxism and embracing social democracy, split