By Peter Boyle
Coolibah is a day centre, run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence, for isolated older people in Melbourne's inner city. But according to the Barry Pearce, the centre's coordinator, these days Coolibah is constantly having to turn
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Secret tour exposes illegal waste dumps
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — A late-night tour of illegal waste dumps here has given Queensland Greens convener Drew Hutton the information he needs to expose the racket of organised environmental crime
SYDNEY — Professor Albie Sachs, a prominent leader of the African National Congress, addressed a meeting of 150 people at the Sydney Town Hall on October 25. Sachs, author of the ANC's constitutional guidelines, reported on the progress being made
Minjerribah's loss is eternity's gain
By Brandon Astor Jones
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), our late sister from Stradbroke, has graciously left us many gifts, not the least of which is her poetry.
I have chosen the following
By Karen Fredericks
Arthur Dent awoke one morning to discover that his house was about to be demolished to make way for a freeway, and his day got worse from there. By mid-morning, clad only his pyjamas and cowering in the hold of an alien
On October 23-24, 1000 delegates and activists met in Manila to form a new socialist organisation, MAKABAYAN (Liberation Movement of the Sons and Daughters of the People). The founding congress elected a leadership council, decided on a national plan
McDonald's sues activists
Worldwide hamburger giant, McDonald's is suing for alleged libel two London Greenpeace activists who distributed leaflets criticising the corporation's practices.
In 1985 London Greenpeace (a small, independent
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — When a country's parliament has been abolished, the Constitutional Court suspended and the constitution overturned, it is hard to argue that a coup d'etat has not taken place. Accordingly, the more brave of Western
Public sector strike
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — There was a 70-80% stay-away rate of Public Sector Union members here during the strike on October 25.
Picket lines were set up at all major public service offices in the city (ATO,
By Wendy Robertson
MELBOURNE — Despite being signatory to an agreement which protects forests of high conservation value, the Victorian government announced on October 27 that it was giving the go-ahead to large-scale woodchipping in the old
By Roger Raven
PERTH — Following the WA Liberal/National Party accession to power, Premier Richard Court announced that one Les McCarrey would conduct an "Independent Commission to Review Public Sector Finances". He was "assisted" by three
Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture
By Jeremy Rifkin
Dutton, 1992. 353 pp., $26.25
Reviewed by Dave Riley
As rural researcher Geoffrey Lawrence has pointed out, "Farmers do not care who buys, so long as someone buys." That
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