Greens protest funding cuts
By Pip Hinman
Environmental organisations and the Greens (WA) have condemned the Howard government's decision, announced on January 16, to cut funding to voluntary conservation groups. Greens (WA) Senator Dee Margetts
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Thai workers torch plant
On December 17, 2000 angry workers at Sanyo Universal Electric burned down a four-storey warehouse and the office building of the Japanese manufacturer in Thailand after protesting in vain at management's decision to cut
By Marina Cameron
In a bid to woo green votes and those concerned about youth unemployment, a federal government initiative was launched in Adelaide on January 12. Green Corps, to begin on March 3, will involve young people carrying out
Leonard Peltier
In a recent letter (GLW #254) Native American activist Leonard Peltier sought support for the basic rights of all his fellow prisoners, never mentioning his own case. Leonard became known to many for his role in the 1973 American
At Home in the UniverseBy Stuart KauffmanOxford University Press, 1995. 321 pp.Published in Australia in January by Penguin, $16.95Reviewed by Allen Myers This is a challenging and fascinating book, one that may be destined to be as influential as
On the box
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.
Access News —
By Eva Cheng
"It is a serious possibility that the [Suharto] regime will hand down a death sentence for Dita, Budiman, Wilson and the other PRD [Peoples Democratic Party] comrades who have been arrested. At this conference we voted to fight this
Plutonium shipment to pass Australia
By Lisa Macdonald
A French Ministry of Foreign Affairs document leaked to Greenpeace last month reveals that a cargo of highly radioactive waste will pass through the Tasman Sea, up the east coast of Australia
An unqualified right
Less than 20 years ago, women in the United States won the legal right not to be sexually harassed. That right may now be withdrawn — at least for some women.
In 1994, 28 year-old Paula Jones filed a civil suit for sexual
National service
By Toby Hawker
"I call for the introduction of national service for a period of 12 months compulsory for males and females upon finishing year 12 or reaching 18 years of age". — Pauline Hanson Whilst it may sound appealing to
Comment by Fred Up
SYDNEY — On December 3, the final package of the state Labor government's workers' compensation "reforms" passed through the upper house. State attorney general Jeff Shaw's package, including 25% cuts to lump sum compensation
By Margaret Gleeson
When communications were renewed on January 10, the Peruvian government refused to provide a concrete response to the demands of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) which occupied the Lima residence of the Japanese
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