GLW issue 131, published 1994-02-16.

Settlements threaten Middle East peace

Settlements threaten Middle East peace On December 20, three countries voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which expressed support for the Middle East peace process and called for a final settlement under which Israel would withdraw

Peace on trial

By Greg Ogle ADELAIDE — This week the Magistrate's Court conducts another round of trials from last Easter's Nurrungar peace protest. More than 270 people were arrested and charged with trespass while protesting against the US base in the

Population: no simplistic solutions

Marina Carman Population: no simplistic solutions We live in a world in crisis. A world plagued by pollution of air, seas, land, food and drinking water. A world of ozone depletion, deforestation and global warming. It's an international

NSW backbenchers try to block wilderness

By Paul Oboohov SYDNEY — Liberal and National Party backbenchers in the state parliament are trying to stop the declaration of 350,000 ha of 11 remaining wilderness areas in NSW, or water them down. These areas were announced for declaration

Further

Australian News

Ocean dumping slammed

Ocean dumping slammed By Stephen Bull HOBART — About 100 people gathered outside federal Labor minister Duncan Kerr's office at lunchtime on February 11 to protest the against latest exemption granted to Pasminco Metals-EZ, which allows

Stoned Week planned

Stoned Week planned By Freya Pinney BRISBANE — The focus of the University of Queensland's O-Week and Recovery Week in 1994 is the decriminalisation of marijuana. This will culminated in the organisation of a Stoned Week, including a

Further Australian News

International News

How Russian officials hide unemployment

By Jane Dillendorf MOSCOW — According to statistics issued by the Russian Federal Employment Service at the end of January, there are now only 835,000 jobless people in the country — barely 1% of the work force. However, statistics can

Progressive Pact formed for Italian elections

Luciana Castelina, a leader of the Italian Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) and a member of the European parliament, spoke with Green Left Weekly's Kate Shannon about the coming national elections. Castelina will be a speaker at the

Further International News

Editorial

Multicultural Australia

Multicultural Australia The January 29 by-election in the safe Labor seat of Werriwa, vacated by John Kerin, witnessed the emergence of the latest front group of the xenophobic extreme-right. That Australians Against Further Immigration did

Cultural Dissent

Adelaide Fringe/Festival

Adelaide Fringe/Festival During the next few weeks Adelaide will be inundated with a variety of cultural forms. Listed here are only a few of many highlights. Aboriginal and Islander Music Festival — Warumpi Band, Mixed Relations, Seven

Art in Australia

Art in Australia Imagine SBS TV Fridays at 7.30 p.m. (7 Adelaide) beginning February 18 Reviewed by Jill Hickson Sponsored by the Australia Council of the Arts, this new series on Australian art and culture will combine a range of

Further Cultural Dissent

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