Every silver lining has its cloud
"... today's historic ceasefire [in northern Ireland] ... could bring a new form of trouble to the province — economic slump." — Financial Review, September 1.
That settles it
"For the last 15 years,
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Lenin Rests
By Walter Jones
Lenin is our captain
Carve his name with pride
Chiselled deep into a wall
By the many who have died.
Wake up! Wake up Vlad!
You are too long dead
Your tomb is now a stock exchange
And Yeltsin is
By Catherine Brown
Only hours before the Irish Republican Army announced an "unconditional and open-ended cease-fire" on August 31, to take effect the following day, pro-British loyalist death squads declared that such an initiative would lead
Famous poet visits
By Denis Kevans
Famous Japanese poet Taka Iwami visited Australia recently. Her two closest friends are Idi Maruku and Atoshi Maruku, who were the painters of the world-awakening Panels of Hiroshima.
Atoshi and Idi
Indonesian human rights lawyer to tour
A prominent Indonesian human rights lawyer and activist, Dr Buyung Nasution, is to tour Australia September 9-20.
Nasution is chair of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (LBH), the most significant
Looking out: Learning & teaching
By Brandon Astor Jones
The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (GDCC) is a prison situated about 50 miles south of Atlanta, the city and regional site of the 1996 Olympic Games. More than 1700 men
Editorial: Bosnia: give peace a chance
For over two years, the war in Bosnia has dragged on, killing an estimated 200,000 people, the majority of them the victims of Bosnian Serb aggression. In this time the besieged Bosnian government has had
Original poetry is returning to Â鶹ӳ» Weekly. This announcement will be greeted with delight by the many contributors who have sent their poems into us over the last three and a half years.
The paper's Cultural Dissent pages will
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Support for a "social accord" between the government, unions and business has come from intellectual circles close to the South African trade union movement. At the same time, establishment figures have continued
Make it rare
Geffen Rarities Vol.1
Various artists
Geffen Records
Reviewed By Jon Land
Make mine rare, please, says the press release. Geffen Rarities Vol.1 is an interesting assortment of tracks by alternative bands from the US
Bosnian women refugees in Australia
The International Women's Development Agency in Sydney will be hosting a meeting organised to allow Bosnian women survivors of the war to speak about their experiences in escaping their country and their life
When R.J. Hawke did Woodstock
By Dave Riley
There he was on stage, gigging away after Jimmy Hendrix. What a festival! Three days, man. When Bobby Hawke fronts the band I tell you, you are in for some classic riffs. Mister Seventy-Four Per
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