Comment by Sean Malloy
The right of nations to self-determination is not a universal, abstract concept applicable to every nation. It is a formula for overcoming the oppression of one nation by another in a concrete historical context.
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By Zanny Begg
In the Bihar region of India, the village of Mangardaha teeters 60 metres from the edge of an open pit coal mine. The houses groan and shake from the blasting of the mine, which operates 24 hours a day. Malaria, dysentery and
Radiance
By Louis Nowra
Directed by Rosalba Clemente
With Rachael Maza, Lydia Miller and Rhonda RobertsBelvoir Theatre, Sydney, to October 17. Reviewed by Zanny Begg
Radiance is a play about the search for self identity. Set in North
On September 15 a PNG police riot squad detained, interrogated and severely beat Gewai Dusty Zamunu, a village leader and project manager working for a joint Rainforest Information Centre and Village Development Trust community development and
Change to PNG provincial government law
The Papua New Guinea parliament is proposing changes to the Organic Law, which deals with the provisional government system. The law, passed in 1976, guarantees Bougainville autonomy within PNG. It was
Those who favour uranium mining claim that it generates very substantial economic benefits for Australia which outweigh any social or environmental costs. GREENPEACE prepared this analysis of the economic impact.
Detailed information is
New laws slash asylum numbers
New laws which went into effect on July 1 have halved the number of asylum seekers entering Germany.
However, in an interview with the Bild newspaper, interior minister Manfred Kanther on September 7 urged
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — "The Russian government's economic program cannot be implemented by democratic means", a speaker argued bluntly at an international conference held by the Russian trade unions on September 16.
The same day,
Close to Eden (Urga)
A film by Nikita Mikhalkov
At the Kino, Melbourne, from September 17
Reviewed by Peter Boyle
Nikita Mikhalkov says that he is an unashamedly sentimental Russian. Something about Mongolia, he explains, stirred his
Genetics and sexuality
By Daisy Kiriakidis
MELBOURNE — Experiments to seek out a "gay gene" were the topic of a public meeting organised here by the Democratic Socialist Party on September 24. About 60 people discussed contributions by
"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." This quote from revolutionary poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht describes the relationship of the Review section of Green Left Weekly to the material it covers.
Asia-Pacific workers' conference
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — Twenty-two leading trade unionists and labour researchers from the Asia-Pacific region will participate in the "Workers Change the World" conference here from September 29 to
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