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By Diana Evans [This article is a response to "What is an Ecologically Sustainable Population?" by Emma Webb, in our March 23 issue.] In the debate on the causes and solutions to our rapidly deteriorating global environment and social
Leonard Peltier is a Native American who has spent the last 17 years in jail following a controversial trial that found him guilty of murdering two FBI agents. He is the longest-serving Native political prisoner in the United States. On June 26,
By Frank Enright SYDNEY — "It is a fantastic ideal to introduce people to the fact that you're not a working stiff, but you are a person that has talents you probably don't know you have, or you've got an appreciation of all sorts of other
By Norm Dixon DURBAN — Wandering along the "Golden Mile" — Durban's tacky hotel-lined stretch of beach front, a cross between Surfers Paradise and Kings Cross — and seeing the throngs of South Africans of all races enjoying the sun and
The lost generation In looking at the struggle for women's rights, we shouldn't forget our great grandmothers, who fought for the right to vote in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The current generation of grandmothers, of
Looking out: Update on a dispute By Brandon Astor Jones On March 23, 1994, I spoke with the temporary supervisor of G-Unit, Captain Freeman, and the head counsellor, Claude McCann. Among other things I asked what, if anything, had been done
By Pip Hunter In preparing the 1994-95 budget, the federal government received 57 submissions from business, community, professional, employer and employee organisations. These submissions have been published by the Economic Planning Advisory
By Paul Walker For more than a year the United States has been pursuing a confrontation with North Korea over its alleged attempts to manufacture nuclear weapons. In the war of words, Clinton last November threatened to destroy North Korea,
The International Green Left Conference over the Easter weekend was a notable success. The conference drew participants from as far afield as Perth in Australia and Brazil internationally. The main plenary sessions energetically attacked the
Documentary Series: Prostitution — A three-part series from France on the day-to-day lives of prostitutes. The first program follows the lives of two transsexuals, Simone and Alexie. SBS, Monday, April 18, 11.05pm. The Cutting Edge: The School
Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal A quarterly published by New Course Publications, Sydney $6.50, 128pp. Reviewed by Martin Roe An exclusive interview with Sandinista leader and former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega is
La Scorta (The Bodyguards) Directed by Ricky Tognazzi Mandolin Cinema, Sydney, from April 14 Reviewed by Paul Walker The crisis of the Italian state, which culminated in changing the electoral system and the victory of the far right in the