There are an estimated 1 million industrial vessels fishing the world's oceans. Many of these ships are highly efficient in the ways that they find, catch and process fish. They are also wasteful of marine resources, and each year dump millions of
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Peace in the Middle East — US style
The US administration's decision to cut off all US trade and investment with Iran is a continuation of its policy to suppress any country in the Middle East with the potential to challenge Western countries'
The New Victorians: A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order
By Rene Denfeld
Allen & Unwin, 1995. 339 pp., $19.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Carla Gorton
Critiquing "establishment" feminism has become the recipe for guaranteeing
Book documents abuses on Bougainville
By Roberto Jorquera
SYDNEY — Sixty-five Bougainville solidarity activists gathered at the state parliament theatrette on May 1 for the launch of Human Rights Abuses Against the People of Bougainville
By Bob Gould
Four days before Saigon fell in 1975, when it had become clear it would fall, ABC Radio interviewed a spectrum of Vietnam protesters on their attitude. They chose to end the radio piece with my comments, which were, in sum: that I
Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw
By Stephen Knight
Blackwell, 1994. 308 pp., $24.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
The Robin Hood legend has been popular for around 600 years. Amongst the latest to revive the tradition, as
Radio National celebrates 100 years of commercial film making — Over the May 13-14 weekend, film buffs and others will have a field day (field weekend?). Programs include: The declining importance of the local cinema in country towns, May 13, 6am;
Filipina union leader tours Brisbane
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Terasita Carpio, a leader of the Philippines trade union movement, addressed several meetings and met union members during her recent tour here.
Carpio presented a public
Solidarity night in Brisbane
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Sixty people attended an evening entitled "Solidarity with the fight for workers rights and justice and democracy: Indonesia and East Timor" at the Resistance Centre in New Farm on
SYDNEY — Kingsford Smith Airport's international terminal was blockaded by some 500 protesters on Saturday, April 29. Organised by the Community Advisory Committee, the action was part of an ongoing campaign demanding an end to the noise and air
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