Sri Lankan government sterilises Tamils
A program to systematically and radically reduce the Tamil population in Sri Lanka's plantation sector is secretly but effectively being carried out with state assistance and misdirected foreign aid. The
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NTEU council plans campaigns
In October, the national council of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union met to discuss future directions, campaigns and policies. Green Left Weekly's JEREMY SMITH spoke to CAROLYN ALLPORT, federal
ADELAIDE — CATHERINE CARTER, director of Theatre Praxis's latest production of British playwright Howard Brenton's Bloody Poetry, spoke to Green Left Weekly's NATALIE WOODLOCK about the play. "Bloody Poetry explores the lives and political ideas of
Men & sexual politics: Towards a profeminist practiceBy Bob PeaseDulwich Centre Publications, 1997. 178 pp., $32 Review by Barry Healy
I approached this book with a little trepidation. My fear was that it might be some sort of wanky, New Age
No reconciliation with racism: Stop the Wik bill
By Jennifer Thompson
The tales and insults traded back and forth over recent weeks between Paul Keating and John Howard, the Labor and Liberal parties, former Labor power-broker and Packer
Bon appétit
"It will not work. There is too much greed on the part of manufacturers and others." — Bob Beale, former chief executive of Edgell, on self-regulation in the food industry.
Cross our hearts
"I don't give [Chinese
TranslationsBy Brian FrielNew Theatre, Sydney, until 20 December Review by Brendan Doyle
Set in 1833 in the Irish-speaking rural community of Baile Beag in County Donegal, this fine play tells the story of what happens when a foreign power (the
I Take Solace in History
I take solace in history.I could have been a galley salve,sold on the auction block,spiked by the Maidenhung, drawn and quartered,damned in the convict dock;gassed by Nazis, disembowelled by Huns,put to the stake by the
More Olympic site contamination
By Trish Corcoran
SYDNEY — The November 5 Sydney Morning Herald described another discovery of toxic waste at the Homebush Bay Olympics site, this time on the site of the former Lidcombe Hospital, which is
Crackdown in Nigeria
Nigerian security launched a campaign of intimidation and harassment to block protests marking the second anniversary of the execution of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa. Troops were deployed throughout Saro-Wiwa's home region,
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