By Peter Montague
A two-year study of dioxin in the US Great Lakes has concluded that 86% of dioxin sources could be eliminated without economic sacrifice, and possibly with economic gains. The study was conducted by a team of researchers at
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Plaza Del Chelmsford
In the Plaza del Mayo in Argentina,
The Mothers of the "disappeared" stand
With their white hankies in their hand,
And say: "We want our loved ones
Back as they were." Mary, the mother of Jesus,
Did see her beloved
By James Balowski
Despite the ongoing crackdown against PRD (People's Democratic Party) members and other pro-democracy activists, when John Howard meets with President Suharto this week, you can be sure that promoting Australian business interests
People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists I Gusti Astika Anom and Wilson were captured by the police in Java's third largest city, Semarang, on September 9. Five other PRD activists were caught with them but have since been released. Wilson and Anom
Resistance runs for NUS delegates
By Kamala Emanuel
NEWCASTLE — Resistance is running a team of three candidates for NUS delegates from Newcastle Uni. "Students are facing major attacks from the Howard government, and we would benefit
By Jennifer Thompson
A part of Israel's strategy to make its exclusive control of Jerusalem a fait accompli is the pressure being applied for all Palestinian Authority activity to cease in the city as a precondition to Israeli withdrawal from
By Nick Soudakoff
CANBERRA — At the centre of a heated debate here in the campaign against the Liberals' attacks on education has been the question of whether or not students should occupy the ANU chancellery building. Members of the
By Gerry Harant
Twenty years ago, when I was part of a team working on a major project with the Wool and Textile Division of CSIRO in Geelong, I first heard of the idea of robotic sheep shearing. Having watched shearers at work, I understood a
Amanda Vanstone, (Lib) Employment Minister: Oops! Sorry. There I go again. You know me. I'm as blunt as they come. But hang on. Don't go rushing to judge us too harshly now. It's still early days. We are burdened with this terrible — truly
By Barry Healy
SYDNEY — The Waterloo incinerator in Sydney's south-east is still operating despite increasing pressure to have it shut down from the state government, the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and other critics. The
Hindmarsh Island bridge campaign plans
By Carla Gorton
ADELAIDE — Aboriginal and community activists opposed to the construction of the Hindmarsh Island bridge are planning some high-profile actions for November. A public meeting is scheduled
If you have attended a left political event around Sydney in the last eight years, you almost certainly have heard PETER HICKS singing his and GEOFF FRANCIS' songs about Bougainville, East Timor, Sydney's airport noise, plus working-class songs which
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