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Life's Grandeur: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to DarwinBy Stephen Jay GouldJonathon Cape, 1996. 244 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon It pays to know your maths. In 1982, Stephen Jay Gould was diagnosed as suffering from abdominal

Priest from Jaffna speaks on Tamil struggle

By Kerryn Williams and Nadeem Ansari CANBERRA — An Amnesty International forum on February 4, the 49th anniversary of Sri Lankan independence, heard a Catholic priest, Dr Edwin Savundranayagum, describe the massive human rights violations against

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 — Melbourne community

Mobil, Toyo take on unions

Mobil, Toyo take on unions By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — At a mass meeting held at Williamstown Town Hall on February 5, members of the construction, electrical and metalworker unions were informed of the ongoing dispute at Mobil Altona's catalytic

Long struggle of south Sudan gains strength

By Norm Dixon Since early January, the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in a joint offensive with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) — an coalition of northern political groups opposed to the military dictatorship — has captured a

NTEU campaign continues

By Jeremy Smith The National Tertiary Education and Industry Union national council in October launched a campaign around three claims: a 15% pay rise, retention of positive aspects of the award and past enterprise bargaining agreements, and

Activists promote unity in Redfern

Activists promote unity in Redfern By Andrew Gianniotis SYDNEY — Establishment newspapers say the Aboriginal community in Redfern is divided and that the area is experiencing a "crime spree". Is this true? Resistance activists decided to see

Resistance to oppose NUS disaffiliation on UWA

By Justin Randell PERTH — A University of Western Australia Guild Council meeting last month called a referendum on continued UWA affiliation to the National Union of Students. This referendum will be held April 14-16. The motion for a

Tension in East Timor continues

By Jon Lamb Over the past few weeks Indonesian military, security agents and pro-integration youth thugs from GARDIPAKSI have terrorised East Timorese youth in Dili and other regional centres. Scores of young Timorese have been rounded up, detained

Correction

Correction A subediting error in the article "The ALP, ethnic communities and the cult(ure) of difference" in the February 5 edition of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly incorrectly described Robert Manne as the former Fraser government minister for Aboriginal

Werribee residents oppose toxic dump

Werribee residents oppose toxic dump By Ian Haywood MELBOURNE — A strong community campaign has arisen in Werribee, a town just west of Melbourne, in response to a planned toxic dump on the town's outskirts. The site is an exhausted quarry

Action updates

Doctors to stop work Doctors will hold stop-work meetings across NSW on the February 11 to discuss a motion for an ongoing campaign against the government's restriction of Medicare provider numbers. The main proposal to be considered will be an