GLW issue 122, published 1993-11-10.

Education on the agenda in SA campaign

By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers (SAIT) has endorsed the union's president, Clare McCarty, as an "Education Independent" for the state elections on December 11. Green Left Weekly spoke to McCarty about

Public health: 'experimenting' at whose cost?

By Lara Pullin CANBERRA — ACT chief medical officer Dr Cathy Mead told a gathering of concerned parents and health care practitioners at a forum held here on October 23 that modern immunisation practices were in effect a giant human

More than a good night out

The photo reproduced here was printed in the Newcastle Herald on October 25. It shows Tim Anderson reading the latest Green Left Weekly after delivering the keynote speech at the annual Green Left dinner dance in Newcastle on October 23. The

Indian farmers fight seed patents

By Martin Khor BANGALORE — Half a million Indian farmers took part in a day-long procession and rally in this south Indian city on October 2 to protest against proposals in the Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

Further

Australian News

Labour Council bans exports to PNG

By Sarah Harris WOLLONGONG — The South Coast Labour Council on November 2 imposed a ban on goods being shipped from Port Kembla to Papua New Guinea. The ban will not be lifted until the PNG government lifts the blockade against

Genome project causes controversy

By Anthony Brown Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities may be included in a scientific project to collect genetic material from the world's endangered indigenous peoples. The Human Genome Diversity Project is a five-year plan to

Further Australian News

International News

On the streets of San Francisco

By Frank Noakes SAN FRANCISCO — Cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge and sunshine are the images conjured up by the mention of this city's rhythmic name. Less part of the image is the cold fog that regularly descends during the summer months,

Yeltsin's election manipulation grows

By John Helmer MOSCOW — Russian officials in charge of parliamentary elections due on December 12 have revealed details of procedures that will give significant advantages to supporters of President Boris Yeltsin. If US Secretary of State

Further International News

Editorial

Playing God

Playing God The announcement that 20,000 Chinese students and their families, living in Australia at the time of the Tienanmen Square massacre, have been granted residency is a welcome one. Australia is doing no more than honouring a moral duty

Cultural Dissent

Grim reflections on the value of history

Waterland Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal Nova Cinema, Melbourne Reviewed by Peter Boyle "What's the point of studying history, when the world is about to end?", a high school student asks of teacher-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown Tom

Looking in from the wrong side

Soweto Flying Squad SBS television Tuesday, November 16, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide) Reviewed by Norm Dixon Soweto Flying Squad, a documentary by Britain's respected Channel 4, is a more sophisticated version of the many, mainly US-made,

Further Cultural Dissent

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