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Cannabis conference calls for legalisation

By Peter McAllister NIMBIN — More than 200 people attended the Beyond Prohibition conference held in conjunction with the annual Harvest Ball here on April 30. The consensus emerging from the conference was to push for a national campaign

Victory for Shell workers

By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — Workers at Shell's Geelong refinery returned to work on May 5, having won the reinstatement of six colleagues. The settlement of the dispute also set in place a procedure requiring management to prove that a refinery

Another beginning

Another beginning "It is not all that we wanted, but it is a beginning", were the words chosen by senior Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath to describe the signing of the accord between the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel on May 4

German government persecutes Kurds

By Mary Merkenich BOCHUM — A thousand people on April 23 took to the streets here, in the heart of Germany's Ruhr Valley. The demonstrators demanded no deportations of Kurds, an end to the criminalisation of Kurds by the Bonn government,

Fascinating old rocks and bones

Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in natural history By Stephen Jay Gould Penguin, 1994. 479 pp., $16.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Stephen Jay Gould's latest book continues his engrossing series of essays on evolutionary biology —

Operation Sweep to continue

Operation Sweep to continue By Sean Healy PERTH — On April 27 the state government confirmed that it would be reactivating "Operation Sweep", aimed at getting young people under 18 off the streets of inner city Northbridge and Fremantle.

New Wollongong Resistance Centre

New Wollongong Resistance Centre By Felicity King WOLLONGONG — The Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance opened a new centre on Saturday, April 30, with a lunch and drinks after the May Day march. An informal occasion, the

Greens oppose 'employment merry-go-round'

Greens oppose 'employment merry-go-round' Greens (WA) Senator Dee Margetts, commenting on the release of the government's white paper, Working Nation, claimed it will merely create a nation of working poor. "To quote the prime minister, 'he

Action Updates

ADELAIDE — At least 50 people gathered outside the Commonwealth Building on May 6 to protest against the Keating government's white paper on unemployment. The spirited demonstration, organised by Resistance, included speakers from the Young

French marchers demand 35-hour week

Tens of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate in Paris on the weekend of May 28-29 to demand a 35-hour week with no loss of pay. Demonstrations and meetings will be the culmination of five separate marches from different parts of France

ALP renews factional wars

By Pip Hunter Following a fortnight of factional warfare in which more than 1000 people signed up to the Victorian Labor Party, its leader John "Cleanskin" Brumby said he will introduce a new rule governing what he euphemistically calls

Sold out

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer Directed by Nick Broomfield Ronin Films Now screening at Valhalla, Sydney and Melbourne Reviewed by Jon Land This film traces the life of Aileen Wuornos, a 35-year-old sex worker who killed