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Gurulmundi — a site not for toxic wastes

By Nikki Ulasowski BRISBANE — More than 100 people gathered at City Hall here on October 12 to hear about the toxic waste dump in Gurulmundi. The forum was organised by PATCH (People Against Toxic Chemical Hazards), which has been campaigning

Protest against bear farming

By Margaret Bowman SYDNEY — On September 28 more than 40 people demonstrated outside the Chinese consulate here in a protest, organised by the World League for Protection of Animals, against the cruel farming of Asiatic or "moon" bears in

Write on

Market economies The market or capitalist system of economies redistributes wealth from the poor to the rich and from future generations to the current generation. It degrades the human spirit by cultivating greed at the expense of all other

Meeting challenges Keating's stand on Mabo

By Nick Everett BRISBANE — "Australia and its citizens ... have an opportunity before them to do something about the dispossession and alienation of Aboriginal people. If Australia doesn't at this particular time pick it up, then this

When Ploughshares met the US Air Force

By Bergen O'Brien and Reihana Mohideen On January 1, 1991, Sue Franknel and Bill Strait (US citizens), Moana Cole from New Zealand and Ciaron O'Reilly from Brisbane — calling themselves "Anzus Ploughshares" — seriously compromised the

Opposition to Tongan waste dump

Opposition to Tongan waste dump There will be a revolt if a plan to store toxic waste from the United State in Tonga goes ahead, a member of parliament, Akilisi Pohiva, said on September 27. Pohiva, who leads the movement against the king's

ANC rep's home attacked

ANC rep's home attacked By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — In what was obviously a premeditated attack, windows in the house of Algernon Van der Hoeven, African National Congress representative in Adelaide, were smashed with bricks in the early

Riding the backlash

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson By Camille Paglia Yale University Press, 1990. 718 pages Sex, Art and American Culture By Camille Paglia Viking, 1993. 337 pages Reviewed by Margarita Windisch

Looking out: What's it like?

What's it like? By Brandon Astor JOnes "What's it like to be an African-American male in America?" Well, come with me on a non-fictional walk through Washington, DC, and I'll tell you how it's been for me. The distinct hum of an

Kennett to close more schools

Kennett to close more schools By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — At least another 159 state schools are to be closed in Victoria according to an announcement by the Kennett government on October 15. Teachers' unions warn that the real number to

ANC rejects referendum move

By Norm Dixon The African National Congress has rejected suggestions by South African President F.W. de Klerk that a referendum be held if right-wing parties opposed to the April 27 elections do not return to multiparty talks within four weeks.

Cuba's revolution: can it survive the 'new world order'?

[This article first appeared in the US magazine CrossRoads. It is excerpted from a series of interview which MEDEA BENJAMIN conducted with JUAN ANTONIO BLANCO. Blanco is a former diplomat and senior analyst with the Central Committee of the Cuban