"Earth Summit II" meets at the United Nations five years after the first UN "Earth Summit", held in Rio de Janeiro. That first summit occurred amid concern about the state of the world environment but also with some optimism that at last world leaders would start seriously addressing the ecological crisis.
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The Suharto regime and the Burmese military junta
By George J. Aditjondro
In July, Burma, Laos, and Cambodia will be admitted into the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). As an Indonesian dissident in exile, I wish to
By Jill Hickson
SYDNEY — Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) is planning a national activists' conference on August 22-24 to discuss strategies to build solidarity with the struggles for democracy in Indonesia and for
A June 10 meeting attended by members of the progressive Turkish community in Sydney, the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance heard EFKAN BOLAC from the People's Justice Bureau of Turkey discuss the issues of Kurdish and Turkish political
Abstudy cuts undermine self-determination
By Daniel Kelly
Cuts to Abstudy in the federal budget demonstrate how the rhetoric of "equal treatment" can be used to undermine the ability of disadvantaged groups to overcome the social
By Bronwen Beechey
Body Suits is an exhibition that is touring nationally. It is produced by Arts Access, an organisation working with people who have a disability or are disadvantaged by social conditions, giving them the opportunity to make a
'Making peace is a shared responsibility'
[The following is an abridged version of the speech by keynote speaker Martin McGuinness to the Wolfe Tone Commemoration on June 22.] [Sinn Féin has] faced disappointment, but we have also made
Huxley: Evolution's High PriestBy Adrian DesmondMichael Joseph, 1997. 370 pp., $40 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
Thomas Huxley was "Darwin's Bulldog", a brilliant scientist and fearless propagandist for Darwin's theory of evolution. Whereas
'Equality': Hanson's cover for racism
By Peter Boyle
"We must get across the message", said Pauline Hanson at her May 30 meeting in Newcastle, "that to call for all Australians to be treated equally is not racism, to say that to be
Reforming Australia's UnionsEdited by Michael Costa and Mark HearnFederation Press, 1997.290pp., $24.95(pb) Review by James Vassilopoulos
With the ALP's Prices and Incomes Accord now dead, it's easy to be sceptical about it, to express concern
By Nikki Ulasowski
BODENSTOWN, Ireland — Ten thousand people from around Ireland attended the annual Wolfe Tone commemoration here on June 22. The large procession, piped and drummed along by marching bands representing many communities, wound
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Environmental groups and inner-city residents are outraged at the Victorian government's decision to keep the Coode Island chemical storage plant on the edge of the city. On June 24, planning minister Rob
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