HOBART — Five hundred people rallied to stop logging in old growth forests on April 20. Built at short notice, the sizeable turnout reflected the considerable activism in defence of the forests in recent months. In addition to previously formed
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The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC) will continue to demand free water and electricity, which were promised by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) during its election campaigns, SECC chairperson Trevor Ngwane declared on April 16.
Drugs industry
The current debate around the use of currently illicit drugs in the Northern Territory provides a perfect opportunity for government and the community to look at alternatives to the current approach of prohibition.
Psychedelics,
and ain't i a woman?: Raising the alarm about women's health
On newsstands advertising the Melbourne Herald Sun on April 11, the banner headline declared a "Women's Health Alarm". This was a reference to the ruling by the Health Insurance
REVIEW BY JIM GREEN
Running from the Storm: The Development of Climate Change Policy in AustraliaBy Clive HamiltonUNSW Press, 2001176 pages, $35 (pb)
Running from the Storm, Clive Hamilton's book on climate change, and in particular climate
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Villawood detention centre in south-western Sydney is currently the prison of 417 asylum seekers, who are locked behind tall fences and coils of razor wire. Next to the centre are dozens of unused small brick houses, which were
BY TIM GOODEN
GEELONG — After travelling to Melbourne M1 protests in 2001, this year unionists and progressive activists here will be protesting closer to home on May 1.
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Victorian secretary Craig Johnston
BY SUE BOLTON
On April 3, New Zealand Alliance party leader and deputy prime minister Jim Anderton announced that he and Alliance deputy leader Sandra Lee would not stand under the Alliance banner in New Zealand's national elections, due in
BY ROHAN PEARCE
Demonstrating the total bankruptcy of the so-called leaders of the
Arab world, the secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, gave
an interview to Insight Magazine on April 17 which bears more than
a passing
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Two thousand people, many of them carrying candles and Palestinian flags, marched through the city centre as part of an Asia-Pacific regional day of action for Palestine on April 19. Simultaneous protests were held in
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