Comment by Ruth Birgin
Why, in the present Australian federal and state governments, is there not one vocal politician with enough backbone to tackle the "drug problem", not as a legal, but as a socio-medical issue?
The overwhelming
World
By Sean Flood
(This is the abridged text of a speech made in Sydney on August 25 at the launch of the second edition of the author's book Mabo: A Symbol of Sharing. Sean Flood is the NSW public defender.)
Mabo ditched terra nullius, the
By Pip Hinman
"Bill Clinton's 'successful' operation in Mogadishu has led to an unknown number of civilian deaths, has undermined the entire relief effort, and alienated the majority of ordinary Somalis from the very people they had hoped had
Stevie
Nile dictates to Fahey
Until the last week, the lesbian and gay communities themselves have been divided about the anti-vilification legislation, but the unprincipled actions taken by Fred Nile, who forced the government to modify
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA â Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro used her Armed Forces Day address on September 3 to announce that the head of the Sandinista Popular Army, General Humberto Ortega, will be sacked early next year, plunging the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — On the night of August 25, unknown assailants fired more than 100 bullets into the country house of Yuri Gekht, a business leader and head of the Industrial Union faction of the Russian parliament. Gekht, who has
Gyorgy Scrinis continues a debate
In his response to my article on "Industrial Cuisine", Dave Riley's dismissal of my critique of supermarket culture and the modern diet, and his attack on food cooperatives, show how out of touch he is with some
Attacking underdevelopment and pollution
JULIA PERKINS and NICK FREDMAN recently returned from a visit to Cuba. Here they describe the island's attempts at economically sustainable development.
"Ecojoven 93", the first youth environment
Cover-up fear in Yanomami massacre
By Cam Walker
The world was horrified by the recent massacre of up to 100 Yanomami Indians by goldminers in the Amazon basin. It has been reported that the inhabitants of two villages were slaughtered and
By Jana D.K.
JAKARTA — On September 1, 6000 workers stopped work at the PT Khong Tai Indonesia Rebok shoe factory in East Bekasi, West Java, over wages and conditions. Strikers erected signs with slogans such as "Don't cut our wages", "Hi,
By Karen Lee
HAVANA — If they had flown in on a magic carpet laden with gold and jewels, the 14 women and men who engaged in a 23-day hunger strike against the US blockade of Cuba and the dozens more who aided them could not have received a
By Craig Etcheson
Everyone seems to agree the Khmer Rouge are finished, or are they? It is well to recall that Cambodia is covered with graves of those who underestimated Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge (KR).
Nonetheless, the majority view is
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