Blood Brothers
Four-part series on SBS Television
Screening weekly starting Tuesday, July 6, 8.30 p.m. (8.00 Adelaide)
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
Over the last 15 years or so, we have seen the rise of a strong cultural activity by
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Opposition to new reactor
Greenpeace, the Greens (WA) and the Sutherland Shire Council last week announced their united opposition to a new nuclear reactor anywhere in Australia.
The move follows recent suggestions that a new reactor,
650 attend New Zealand peace conference
By Ciaron O'Reilly
Some 650 New Zealand activists gathered in Wellington for the "Peace, Power and Politics" conference on the queen's birthday long weekend.
The conference was held on the 25th
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — Leaders of the Somali community in Australia, the Somali Relief Association and Community Aid Abroad have protested against the recent military actions by United States and United Nations forces in Somalia. The
Technology
I'm writing to you out of concern for the growing development of technology. I'm beginning to believe that it's not creating work, and with the many problems we're having with unemployment at the moment, it has me thinking.
PSU action blocks unfair sacking
By Dan Riley
MELBOURNE — Public Sector Union members in Department of Social Security (Area West) who took industrial action in support of a sacked temporary employee have won his reinstatement for the
By Anne Casey
More than 150 countries signed the Biodiversity Convention, in principle, a year ago at the Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, but the agreement is still a long way from doing anything very concrete to preserve species
Seven young East Timorese entered the Swedish and Finnish embassies in Jakarta on June 23 to ask for political asylum. After being told that the Finish embassy would not help, the four Timorese in that embassy left after receiving "guarantees"
Filipinos fight Australian power plant
An Australian company, Arch Print Pty Ltd, is about to start building a power plant only 150 metres from houses in the village of Tanza on Manila Bay.
The plant will be diesel for at least the first
Urge UN to act on blockade of Cuba
By Pat Brewer
Last November the United Nations General Assembly sharply rebuffed the United States for its economic blockade of Cuba by passing a Cuban-sponsored resolution calling for repeal of the