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Last push for agreements as nationalists brace for sieges By Dave Riley With last-ditch efforts under way to avoid a summer of conflict on a par with last year, nationalists in the north of Ireland are preparing themselves for an onslaught
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Anti-nuclear campaigners in Russia are locked in battle with state authorities over plans by the Atomic Energy Ministry to start a lucrative business reprocessing domestic and imported nuclear waste. If the ministry
On the box Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Access News —
The Unconscious CivilisationABC Massey LecturesBy John Ralston SaulPenguin, 1995. 208 pp.A Truly Civil SocietyBoyer LecturesBy Eva CoxABC in booklet form or from the ABC web site. Review by Gerry Harant Since their broadcast on the ABC, a book
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
By Ruth Ratcliffe BRISBANE — The Queensland minister for health, National Party member Mike Horan, has launched an attack on women's right to abortion. Horan displayed his ultra-right, anti-woman views on the weekend of June 21-22 when
Concern over private bus line in Canberra Martin Iltis CANBERRA — An agreement between the ACT government and private bus company Deanes has been condemned by the Transport Workers Union and many others, as heralding the start of the
The one eyed nun from hell The one eyed nun from hell The Beyond Dependency Conference in New Zealand The one eyed nun from hellhas come down here to tellus,how to slash the dole,how to sear the soul,how to thrash the poorand
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
Affirmative action under attackAffirmative action under attack Having already made policy changes last October to limit the power of the Affirmative Action Agency to enforce the 1986 Affirmative Action (Equal Employment for Women) Act,

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