Peter Boyle When George Bush addressed the UN General Assembly on September 19, he spoke like an angry emperor admonishing the majority of the world. But Bush's arrogant pretensions were punctured the next day by President Hugo Chavez of the
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Vannessa Hearman, Melbourne A coalition of welfare and legal groups launched Operation Smart Justice on September 19. It aims to challenge "law and order populism" in the lead-up to Victoria's November 25 state election. Anthony Kelly from the
PREVIEW BY AZLAN McLENNAN Melbourne artist Van Rudd responds to the contemporary political climate with his new art project entitled Portrait of an Exploding Terrorist. The project is to consist of a graphic painting by Rudd of a figure blowing
Nuclear Power is Not the Answer. To Global Warming or Anything ElseBy Helen CaldicottMelbourne University Press, 2006248 pages, $24.95 REVIEW BY TIM STEWART Helen Caldicott, veteran campaigner and ferocious critic of everything nuclear, has
Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week break. The next issue will be dated October 11.
Olivia Burlingame Goumbri, Washington For many months now, energy stability has been a hot topic in Washington. Local government officials, members of Congress, and even the president have raised the issue with as much fervour as they do the "war on
Lafayette MarquisC C AdcockYeproc Records <http://www.yeproc.com> REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS "Oh, yeah, it's a runaway life," wails Charles "C C" Adcock from the stage of Tipitina's Uptown one rainy New Orleans night at the start of Jazz
ADELAIDE — A forum on renewable energy production drew 140 people to the University of Adelaide on September 21. The forum, organised by the Conservation Council of SA and Greenpeace, sought to outline the state of SA's renewable energy sector and
Nick Fredman The fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the US was marked by much of the corporate media in a subdued and reflective fashion. The ongoing bloodshed and chaos in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the brutal, but
Russell Pickering, Perth In a landmark ruling, the Federal Court on September 19 granted Western Australia's Noongar people one of Australia's largest native title claims. Covering more than 193,000 square kilometres, from Hopetoun in the south to
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