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Aboriginal voices

Voices of Aboriginal Australia: Past, Present, Future Compiled by Irene Moores Butterfly Books, 1995. 492 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes From the use of Aboriginal runner Cathy Freeman to advertise breakfast

Write on

Chirac I @letter = President Jacques Chirac of France said, he will not budge from his decision to resume nuclear testing in Moruroa Atoll. The only other known creature with a reputation to never change its mind and stick to its position

Our future in doubt

By Peter Montague After 30 years of scientific detective work, a picture has emerged strongly suggesting that US-style industrialisation is in fundamental conflict with living systems. Many common chemicals used in bulk quantities are now

Radio highlights

@9point = Sunday Concert: Miriam Makeba — Makeba was in Australia in June for the first time in more than 10 years. Her concerts throughout the country were standing room only. She returned to her native South Africa in 1991 after 30 years exile.

Privatising school support staff in SA

By Adam Hanieh and Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Schools look set to enter the world of outsourcing and privatisation if the state Liberal government has its way. The South Australian Institute of Teachers (SAIT) and the Public Service

PNG says no to the 'terrible twins'

By Norm Dixon A large movement in opposition to the World Bank/International Monetary Fund-imposed structural adjustment program (SAP) is developing across Papua New Guinea. Of particular concern to the people is a plan to undermine the

... and ain't i a woman?: Our right to choose

Our right to choose @column = The struggle to secure women's right to abortion is ongoing. Access to abortion as a safe medical procedure is a political issue in a system which stigmatises abortion as a criminal act, and

ISO purges opposition

By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — An internal struggle in the International Socialist Organisation (ISO) culminated last week in a wholesale purge by the ISO National Committee of its Melbourne branch. The expelled were members of an

Nuclear testing in the Pacific: a scientist's view

By Dr Cathy Foley The announcement by President Chirac that France will undertake a few quick nuclear weapon tests created a response in Australia that has taken many by surprise. Since the end of the Cold War and the signing of

The challenge of our age

By Peter Montague Two important British scientific journals have published editorials calling for more research into environmental chemicals that may be harming the reproductive health and sexual development of men throughout the

Japan, the war and invented mandates

Higher than Heaven: Japan, war and everything By Tony Barrell and Rick Tanaka Private Guy International: 1995. 304 pp., $35 Reviewed by Heidi Pegrem "This book is called Higher than Heaven because that's where a lot of

Israeli peace movement material published

Israeli peace movement material published By Jennifer Thompson Sydney's Australian-Jewish peace group, Shalom-Salaam, has returned to action, as the Israeli government blocks implementation of the peace accords with the PLO.