US organisers have issued a call for papers for the Radical Philosophy Association's Second National/International conference, to be held November 14-17 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The theme of the conference is "Globalisation
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By Adam Hanieh Israeli land confiscation continued at an alarming rate while Palestinians prepared for elections on January 20. On December 25 hundreds of acres of land were confiscated from the West Bank towns of Kalandia, Rafat and Jdeirah. The
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By Sujatha Fernandes Having captured the northern city of Jaffna in its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Tamil people, the Sri Lankan government has again proposed a devolution of powers. The plan involves a
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The sodium leak at Japan's first power-generating FBR (fast breeder reactor) Monju, which occurred on December 8, was far more serious than first thought, according to the Citizens' Nuclear Information Centre (CNIC) in Tokyo. The government-owned PNC
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By Conor Twyford Alliance activists across the country are gearing up to contest New Zealand's first mixed member proportional (MMP) election, due to take place between July and November this year. MMP, brought in by referendum in November 1993,
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By Norman Taylor The McDonald's libel case is the longest in British history. It started in July '94, when young unemployed people Dave Morris and Helen Steele issued a leaflet which said the corporation was responsible for acts of environmental
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By Norm Dixon Frank O. Kokori, general secretary of the Nigerian oil workers' union NUPENG, remains in detention without trial. Most other union leaders detained since mid-1994 were released in December, according to reports that have reached the
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By Norm Dixon The British government has approved the sale of fighter aircraft to the Indonesian military. The government ignored calls from human rights groups and campaigners for self-determination for East Timor to reject the sale because of
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By Peter Montague As the scientific evidence linking chemical exposures to serious human diseases piles up, many chemical-dependent industries, such as pesticide purveyors, are searching for a strategy to buy themselves some time. They needn't look
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By Rashid Hilal A women's rights march was held in the West Bank town of Ramallah on January 3. Several women candidates in the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council, including independent Hanan Ashrawi and Fatah's Jerusalem list
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Until recently ROBERTO ROBAINA was the first secretary of the Union of Young Communists. Now, this 39-year-old foreign minister is part of the new generation of Cubans leading socialist Cuba through a process of radical change. Robaina was
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By Eddy Jokovich Amid the euphoric media reports that an overdue peace has arrived in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the United States-sponsored accord needs to be put in perspective, and the future ramifications for the region understood. The accord initialled