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Greenhouse rally planned in Adelaide

Greenhouse rally planned in Adelaide Greenhouse rally planned in Adelaide ADELAIDE — A rally, march and bike ride are planned for the November 30 greenhouse national day of action. The bike ride is planned for 10:30 am, starting and finishing

Indian communists confidently chart way forward

By John Percy VARANASI — Waving red flags, chanting slogans and singing revolutionary songs, 50,000 peasants and workers assembled for an inspiring rally to conclude the sixth congress of the Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist

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 — Melbourne community

Jabiluka

Jabiluka Chorus: I've got the Jabiluka bluesnothing to gainbut every damn thing to lose.I used to worry about uraniumuntil Pan Con bought me off.I'm trying to sell uraniumbut everyone's got enough. I got the Jabiluka blues,while driving my

Call for better air quality standards

A coalition of more than 20 environment groups has written to federal and state environment ministers to oppose a move by the federal government to water down national air quality standards. The groups, including the Australian Conservation

Galois: revolutionary republican and mathematician

The French MathematicianBy Tom PetsinisPenguin, 1997. 422 pp., $17.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon "I refuse to be a mathematician in a prison, and Paris will continue to be a prison until King Charles and the Church are overthrown", declares the

West expected to recommend education vouchers

By Marina Carman While the discussion paper of the government's review of higher education will now not be released until this week, it seems set to recommend higher student fees and a voucher system of university funding. Under the current system,

Drop in overseas students predicted

By Sean Healy New enrolments by full fee-paying overseas students are set to drop following the crisis in the economies of south-east Asia. So concerned are universities about the currency crisis that IDP Education Australia, which serves as the

'Tough on drugs' hypocrisy

Editorial: 'Tough on drugs' hypocrisy At a record low in the opinion polls, confronted with mounting criticism of his positions on greenhouse and Wik, and still smarting from Cheryl Kernot's defection to the ALP, PM John Howard on November 2

Penrith march for reconciliation

By Ted Lord PENRITH — In the largest rally ever here, some 4000 people marched down High Street to a rally at Penrith Stadium on a "Walk for Reconciliation" on November 1. Supported and organised by local church and community groups, the rally