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A birthday coming up

The 200th issue of Green Left Weekly will appear on August 28. It will be a special birthday celebration issue. Since Green Left first rolled off the presses in February 1991, it's been acclaimed in Australia and around the world as one of the

The Cypriot tragedy

Missing in Cyprus: Dead or Alive SBS, Thursday, July 20, 8.30pm (8 SA) Previewed by Michael Karadjis This is the most up to date report on the ongoing tragedy of 1619 Greek Cypriots who have been missing since 1974. In that year, the

Burma 'still a prison'

Burma 'still a prison' By Jon Lamb No official announcement was made by SLORC that Aung San Suu Kyi's detention had ended, but word travelled fast around Rangoon, and her residence was quickly surrounded by supporters. Suu Kyi held meetings

Loose cannons

Virtue "The office has many virtues. Its chief virtue is that it was planned by the previous government." — NSW Labor Premier Bob Carr on his new $28 million office. Job description "You're not a copper till you can work pissed." — NSW

Reports detail continued deforestation

By Juliet Fox Sixty-five per cent of Victoria's native vegetation has been cleared, and in 1990, the rate of destruction nationwide was over two rugby fields per minute. These are just a couple of the statistics given in two reports released in

'A wasted six-year opportunity'

'A wasted six-year opportunity' By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — "Whichever way the final result goes, the Goss Labor government has wasted a priceless six-year opportunity for major reform in Queensland", Democratic Socialist candidate for

War in Bosnia and the Australian left

Comment by Michael Karadjis The war in Bosnia seems to be causing widespread confusion on the left. To cite a few examples, a wildly inaccurate article in the June 7 issue of the Guardian claimed that the US and other Western powers

Resistance plans stepped-up activity

By Jennifer Thompson MELBOURNE — The 24th national Resistance conference, held here July 7-10, attracted around 220 people for intensive discussions on the conference theme, "Struggle, solidarity, socialism". Discussion in plenaries and

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. Movie Matinee: Stalin's Football (1991) — Based on

Chechens demonstrate as Moscow plots sham election

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Throughout much of the second week of July, the streets of the Chechen capital, Grozny, were under the control of demonstrators chanting anti-Russian slogans and holding up portraits of separatist leaders. Russian

Write on: letters to the editor

Population Steve Davis's letter (GLW July 5) states that "if we don't limit our population size, how do you suggest we halt the decline of our environment". It appears that an argument has come into vogue that goes as follows: if a population of

NOWSA 1995 a big success

By Julia Perkins MELBOURNE — The ninth conference of the National Organisation of Women Students in Australia was held here July 3-7. With around 600 participants, it was the largest NOWSA conference yet. The theme was "Women in revolt".