Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and
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By Neville Spencer Haiti's first presidential election since the ousting of the military regime is to take place on December 17. In the last few weeks violence has broken out accompanied by a souring of relations between President Jean-Bertrand
By Graham Matthews Well-known population theorist and author Dr Paul Ehrlich addressed a seminar sponsored by the Australian Museum in Sydney on November 16, titled "The Stork and the Plow". "This race between human fertility and human agriculture,
The Moor's Last SighBy Salman RushdieJonathan Cape, London 1995437 pp. $29.95 (hb)Reviewed by Peter Boyle Salman Rushdie's previous major novel, The Satanic Verses, earned him a fatwa (religious order) from the late Ayatollah Khomenei, sentencing him
By Nathan Laurent BRISBANE — On December 8, the independent radio station, 4ZZZ FM celebrated 20 years on air. Marked by special programs and live performances (including an appearance by Jello Biafra), it was a reminder that the alternative media
Until recently ROBERTO ROBAINA was the first secretary of the Union of Young Communists. Now, this 39-year-old foreign minister is part of the new generation of Cubans leading socialist Cuba through a process of radical change. Robaina was
By Lex Martin DARWIN — Until recently Darwin Harbour, a huge tidal mangrove, attracted scant attention from government or investors. However, the NT's Country Liberal Party has decided that of the existing 260 square kilometres of mangrove stock
When you see Mururoa, Fangataufa, and Bikini, You will see the Children's Cancer Foundation, Laid in deposits of lava and coral, By the US and French nuclear administrations. ... Denis Kevans
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Calls for actions against ShellBy Norm Dixon As the Nigerian regime imposed death sentences on 19 more Ogoni leaders on November 26, calls for the federal government to take action have increased. The Canberra Young Christian Workers Movement (YCWM)
School services officers rally ADELAIDE — Some 3000 school services officers and supporters rallied on December 6 against the state government's plan to cut 250 jobs. Half the public schools in the state closed an hour early in support of the
Court ruling throws Qld ALP into crisis BRISBANE — A by-election for the north Queensland state seat of Mundingburra will take place early in the new year after a court ruled that the Goss government had not won the seat in the state election last
By Michael Tardif Having failed to campaign effectively against the inclusion of changes to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) and Austudy in the May federal budget, the National Union of Students (NUS) has, for the last two weeks, been
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