Nigerian environmentalists arrested
Those who think there is now freedom in Nigeria should rethink. The crackdown against environment and indigenous rights activists is continuing, says Environmental Rights Action (ERA). Three environment activists
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By Margaret Allum
In February, a French court sentenced a Malian woman to eight years'
imprisonment for the mutilation of minors â the circumcision of 48 girls.
Although most had been circumcised more than 10 years ago, the defendant
Struth!
"On the GST question, the [public] doubts are again growing as to whether a new tax is really a reform at all." — Pollster Rod Cameron, complaining that the Howard government is doing enough to "educate" us in economic orthodoxy.
Anti-nuclear forum
By Keara Courtney
SYDNEY — Dr Helen Caldicott and Dr Jim Green condemned the federal
government's pro-nuclear push — which includes giving the go ahead to
a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in Sydney's
By Kim Bullimore
The federal Coalition government's hypocrisy was again evident when immigration, multicultural affairs and reconciliation minister Philip Ruddock launched its multi-million dollar "Living in Harmony" program. The program, which
By Marina Carman
SYDNEY — Last year a proposal was raised in a number of left student groups that only women members should vote in candidate preselections for women's officers. This position was adopted by the Activist Left group on Sydney
Teachers say 'negotiate'
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Hundreds of education workers gathered in Victoria Square on March 30 to call on the state government to negotiate genuinely on an enterprise agreement. High school principal and Australian
Cuba denounces US 'human rights' hypocrisy
At the session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on March 24, Cuba's vice-president, Dr Carlos Lage Davila, replied to charges by the US government that in Cuba there has been a
By Dave Riley
With federal MP Trish Draper, amongst others, still insisting that it should be banned outright, Adrian Lyne's new film version of Lolita has finally been released in Australia. Those who recall the anti-censorship campaigns of the
Palm Sunday marches oppose Jabiluka mine
Anti-uranium protesters used marches held around Australia on March 28 (Palm Sunday) to focus attention on stopping the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. The
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