By Brandon Astor Jones
This is an open letter to my grand-daughters. I feel it is both my duty and a privilege to be able to write and leave letters like this one, for all of you. As the subtitle suggests, the basic message here will be music, but
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Nikitin still in custody
August 6 marked six months that Alexander Nikitin has been held in custody in the Russian security police (FSB) prison in St Petersburg. He was arrested on February 6 on charges of espionage for his work as a co-author of a
By Barry Healy
SYDNEY — A dramatic dispute has erupted between NSW environment minister Pam Allan and the director general of the Environmental Protection Agency over the continued operation of the Waterloo waste processing incinerator. On August
By Natasha Simons
SYDNEY — Resistance is calling on high school students to join the tertiary students' August 29 National Day of Action against the government's attacks on education. High school student groups across the country will meet this
By Natal Banks
HOBART — The destruction of old growth, wilderness and high conservation value forest for woodchips continues despite public outrage. Multinational company Boral Ltd. plays a major part in obliterating these forests. On June 27,
US government's 'environmental racism'
On August 6, Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the entrance of the US embassy in Mexico City to protest against the construction of a low-level radioactive waste dump in Sierra Blanca, Texas, 32
The White BalloonDirected by Jafar PanahiScreenplay by Abbas KiarostamiOpening at Dendy cinemas August 29Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson The delight of this feature film from Tehran is the way it takes a very simple story — the trepidations of a
Royal Women's Hospital under threat
By Kim Linden
MELBOURNE — Around 100 people took part in the Royal Women's Hospital 140th birthday celebration and rally on August 11, as part of the campaign to stop the relocation of some of the hospital's
By Philippa Stanford
ADELAIDE — Western Mining Corporation (WMC) is set to operate one of the world's top 10 copper mines and Australia's largest uranium mine with the announcement on July 15 of a $1.25 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam mine
"... the signs are ominous and very evident and a chill wind blows". US Supreme Court Justice Blackman expressed his concern when, in July 1989, the Supreme Court (stacked with Ronald Reagan appointees) upheld a Missouri state law banning the
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