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Washington interferes in Cambodia's election

Washington interferes in Cambodia's election By Helen Jarvis The Cambodian election campaign concluded on July 24; voting is to be held on Sunday, July 26. The Joint International Observer Group of government representatives — including

and ain't i a woman?: Punishing the poor

Punishing the poor The Pauline Hanson/John Howard/Bettina Arndt pact has been sealed in blood. Not their blood, of course, but that of sole mothers who are being sacrificed on the altar of "family values". Hanson on July 16 called for the

Poisoning Kakadu

Poisoning Kakadu By Grusha If its gets to mine uranium at Jabiluka, Energy Resources of Australia plans to leave 10,770,000 cubic metres — that's 100m X 100m X 1km — of radioactive waste (tailings), and more than that again in non-radioactive

Native title: a sell-out of land rights

Native title: a sell-out of land rights Wiradjuri woman JENNY MUNRO, chair of the Metropolitan Local Land Council, spoke to the Network of Women Students of Australia conference at the University of Western Sydney on June 30 — the day that

Sorry business

A short story by Craig Cormick Port Phillip — 1842 "You sorry fellows", says George Augustus Robinson, staring down at the empty graves. Waiting patiently for the bodies to arrive. He is glad he has not attended the hanging. He has seen too

A campaign for all left activists

A campaign for all left activists MELBOURNE — MAURICE SIBELLE, Victorian TAFE Students and Apprentices Network coordinator, will be the Democratic Socialist candidate for the state seat of Northcote in a by-election on August 15. Green Left

'Expertise' in anti-environmental film

'Expertise' The following were some of the main on-camera "experts" in Against Nature: Professor Wilfred Beckerman, identified as "a former member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution" (in 1970-73). Nowhere was it indicated that

Pesticides may impair children's brain function

Pesticides may impair children's brain function Dramatic deficits in brain function are seen in rural children with long-term exposure to pesticides compared with children not similarly exposed, according to a recent study in the US publication

Correction

Correction In the last issue of GLW, an editing error in "Ireland: peace agreement in flames" resulted in the Catholic population of Portadown being stated as 600, rather than 6000.

VCA students and staff reject up-front fees

VCA students and staff reject up-front fees By Sue Boland MELBOURNE — At separate meetings on July 23, Victorian College of the Arts students and staff unanimously rejected the college council's attempt to introduce up-front fees for

Free speech in Adelaide

Free speech in Adelaide By Jo Ellis and Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Freedom of speech and expression is acknowledged as a fundamental aspect of democracy. People are less able to participate fully in their community, workplace or campus without

Siberian workers stay on track

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — According to Kemerovo province governor Aman Tuleyev in a broadcast on July 14, everyone in the city of Yurga condemned the local workers who were blocking the tracks of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Furthermore, Tuleyev