Hobart anti-woodchipping meeting
By Rebecca Meckelburg
HOBART — A "Stand up for the Forests" public meeting called by the Wilderness Society on February 7 attracted more than 900 people. While only 400 could squeeze into the hall, another
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Women with a message
Difficult Women
With Linn Van Hek and Joe Dolce
At Budinski's Theatre of Exile, Carlton, until February 25
Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey
Following successful seasons and the Edinburgh and Vancouver Arts Festivals,
Mercury spill at hospitals covered up by unions
By Paul Jones
BRISBANE — Reports last year in Green Left Weekly of mercury hazards to workers at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, are confirmed by a state government report submitted to the
By Jennifer Thompson
You could be excused for not knowing it, but the ACTU has some policy positions that are relevant and useful in the current debate about woodchipping. Sadly, the peak union body is being unusually reticent about expressing
Movie: Indochine (1992) — The turbulent relationship between a French mother and her adopted Vietnamese daughter against the backdrop of the growing liberation struggle in the 1930s. ABC TV, Friday, February 17, 8.30pm.
Actively Radical TV —
The federal government's capitulation to the timber industry on the pretext of "protecting jobs" has come under increasing criticism. One respected researcher, Dr Clive Hamilton, argues that protection of the 509 coupes would not
By Mikael Karlsson
Swedish author Hans Andersson has fought against neo-Nazism for many, many years. This involves publishing books about organisations whose sole desire is to remain unknown to the public.
This naturally creates certain
Calendars aid Cuban children
By Joan Coxsedge
Last October I launched a 1995 calendar featuring seven of my Cuban drawings as a fundraiser for the children of Cuba.
I am immensely pleased to announce that, with the help of
CANBERRA – Our world is in crisis. The world's resources are mined in an unsustainable way, more and more of arable land is becoming unproductive, the climate of the earth is under threat and the distance between rich and poor is increasing inside each country and between countries.
Conspiracy
Directed by Daryl Dellora
Written by Daryl Dellora and Ian Wansbrough
Produced by Sue Maslin
Film Art Doco (1994)
Screening on ABC TV, Sunday, February 19, 8.30pm
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
February 13 was the 17th anniversary
Jose Ramos Horta, the special representative of the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM), has condemned the Australian government over the country's increasing military ties with Indonesia's "regime of terror", and described the minister for
Speak-out calls for forests and jobs
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY—A lively speak-out of some 500 people on February 9 finished with the chant, "Jobs not woodchips, stop the logging now".
The speak-out, initiated by Resistance and
By Sean Lennon
MELBOURNE — On February 10, some 20,000 angry people gathered in the City Square to demonstrate against the Grand Prix in Albert Park. Organised by the Save Albert Park Group (SAPG), the protest heard from a range of speakers
An unprecedented development is evident in Israel. A challenge is being mounted to the founding ideology of the state, Zionism. A key factor in this challenge has been the writings of what have been called the new or revisionist Israeli historians.
By Wendy Robertson
Last year, the socialist youth organisation Resistance launched an Australia-wide campaign in support of East Timor's independence. The highlight of the campaign was the October 15 National Day of Action, mobilising 1300 high
WA DSS delegates oppose redundancies
By Jonathan Strauss
PERTH — Community and Public Sector Union delegates in the Department of Social Security decided on February 7 to oppose redundancies proposed by DSS Area North (covering the
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