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Chechens demonstrate as Moscow plots sham election

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Throughout much of the second week of July, the streets of the Chechen capital, Grozny, were under the control of demonstrators chanting anti-Russian slogans and holding up portraits of separatist leaders. Russian

NOWSA 1995 a big success

By Julia Perkins MELBOURNE — The ninth conference of the National Organisation of Women Students in Australia was held here July 3-7. With around 600 participants, it was the largest NOWSA conference yet. The theme was "Women in revolt".

Write on: letters to the editor

Population Steve Davis's letter (GLW July 5) states that "if we don't limit our population size, how do you suggest we halt the decline of our environment". It appears that an argument has come into vogue that goes as follows: if a population of

The well-worn path

The well-worn path The decision of ACTU president Martin Ferguson to seek preselection for the safe Melbourne Labor seat of Batman is no surprise. A spate of departures from the trade union bureaucracy suggests that the same rats who gnawed

Biotechnology monopolies threaten Third World farmers

By M.S. Somasundar The war against human deprivation has to be waged at many levels and in many arenas, one of which is food. What is done with new crop seeds has much to do with who controls the entire food system. Control over new crop

SA meeting discusses anti-fees campaign

SA meeting discusses anti-fees campaign ADELAIDE — Politics in the Pub on June 28, on the theme of "Winning the Fight for Free Public Education", was organised by the South Australian Education Network (SAEN) as part of the national No Fees

Radio highlights

Terra Nullius "Oral tradition was established through different means, through passing on custodianship and clan structure, and this could easily be ignored by Europeans coming into the country who only recognised the written word", says Professor

Private prisons: lessons to be learned

By Pip Hinman Soon, 50% of all prisoners in Victoria will be in private prisons, according to Shelley Burchfield, a community lawyer at the Coburg-Brunswick Legal Centre. In June, the Victorian government announced that it would most likely

The Wobblies' challenge to social democracy

By Claudine Holt For nearly a century, the ALP has dominated political life on the left in this country. How to relate to the Labor Party has been a question that has racked the brains of generations of Australian radicals. Is it a vehicle for

International protests against nuclear tests

By Norm Dixon The worldwide uproar over the French government's decision to resume nuclear tests in the Pacific has been fuelled by the violent seizure of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior off Moruroa atoll on July 9. Protests were

Seminar challenges privatisation

Seminar challenges privatisation By Rob Graham and Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Widespread concern and opposition to privatisation were demonstrated here on June 28-29, when 100 people attended a seminar, "Selling off the State".

The politics of masculinity

Masculinities By R.W. Connell Allen and Unwin, 1995. Reviewed by Chris Slee In recent years, an increasing number of books have been written about men's problems. These books have varied greatly. Some are progressive, questioning the