Building strength and solidarity
IntuitionAnt McKennaProduced by Ant McKenna and Phil Ross Review by Nick Everett
Intuition is the debut CD of Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Ant McKenna. Since 1993, McKenna has been playing gigs in and
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Lovelock's Dream RunBy David GearyNew Theatre, Sydney, until April 5 Review by Brendan Doyle
David Geary's play tells the story of Howard, unhappy pupil at a New Zealand boarding school, who is obsessed with his school's sporting hero, Jack
Behind the 'coup syndrome'Behind the 'coup syndrome'
By Reihana Mohideen
The crisis facing the Chan regime in PNG has the capitalist media bewailing the "coup syndrome". The political instability of several Third World regimes,
Selective conscience
The Senate is expected to vote on Monday night, after we have gone to press, on Victorian Liberal MP Kevin Andrews' bill to overturn the Northern Territory law permitting voluntary euthanasia. Indications are that the
Car workers march on Brussels
By James Vassilopoulos
On March 16, 150,000 workers from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and England marched on Brussels to protest against the closure of Belgium's Renault car plant at Vilvoorde. The rally
Socialists assess Brisbane council result
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — "In the context of alternative party politics in this country, the vote of more than 6% for Democratic Socialist candidates in the March 15 Brisbane City Council elections
By Bill Day
Maningrida is a town of about 600 on the coast of Central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, servicing about 1500 people. Although the town is mainly Aboriginal, remnants of the old colonial administration remain in managerial
By Ken Davis
Half way into the second decade of the global epidemic, many of the most pessimistic predictions are coming true, with HIV spread in many regions increasingly volatile and dangerous. The relentless progress of the disease is
Bomb blasts rock Beijing
The Chinese government has launched another campaign to "fight crime" after the capital was rocked by two bomb blasts in early March. The explosions followed three similar attacks on public buses in Urumqi, the capital
Pesticide disaster in Mississippi
In response to a pesticide disaster in Mississippi, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking steps to stop future use of restricted-use pesticides in urban areas. More than 1500 homes and
Doctors end strike
By Kamala Emanuel
Junior doctors returned to work in NSW hospitals on March 19 as a precondition to negotiations between their union, the Public Services Association, and federal health minister Michael Wooldridge. After
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — The 11th Melbourne International Comedy Festival, running March 27-April 20, was recently attacked by right-wing radio commentator Neil Mitchell as being of interest only to "wankers living in Northcote and
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