UN agreement a disaster for ozone layerVIENNA Environmental organisations around the world have condemned an agreement reached on December 7 by 149 countries that fails to take urgently needed action on methyl bromide, a highly toxic pesticide that
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Two prominent members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) will challenge party leader and former president Daniel Ortega for the party's presidential nomination, the Sandinista newspaper Barricada reported on January 6. Human rights
By Tim Gooden CANBERRA — The ACT Liberal minority government, supported by the independents and the Greens, has offered government workers a 4.3% pay increase in return for forced redundancies and "reforms" to the public sector, including
By Chris Slee Australian Tax Office management has attacked the rights and conditions of its workers by refusing to renew the clauses of the Tax Office Modernisation Agreement which guaranteed that there would be no compulsory redundancies, and no
Justice and PrideBy Noel GardnerReviewed by Nick Everett This 13-track debut solo CD by Sunshine Coast performer Noel Gardner is a welcome contribution to Australian folk music. Gardner's lyrics pull no punches, while his music blends a variety of
"[When] one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life, eventually, no matter whether one is a racist or a victim, one comes to feel the absurdity of life." â Chester Himes from My Life of Absurdity. A lone
By Nick Soudakoff CANBERRA — At a combined mass meeting on January 16, 1000 workers from the Australian National University, the University of Canberra and the Australian Defence Force Academy decided to launch a campaign for a 5.6% pay increase
Since 1985, the Indian government has been implementing a neo-liberal economic program opening up industry and agriculture to competition. This has generated enormous profits for some and equally enormous costs for the poor, particularly women. Job
That's History: Vietnam — A two-part program about the effects of the Vietnam War on the lives of two individuals. Professor Nguyen Ngoc Hung, a former liberation army soldier, talks about his experience of the war and the difficult process of
By Norm Dixon Frank O. Kokori, general secretary of the Nigerian oil workers' union NUPENG, remains in detention without trial. Most other union leaders detained since mid-1994 were released in December, according to reports that have reached the
By Jen Crothers February is Mardi Gras month in Sydney. While most of the attention is given to the parade, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is also a month-long festival. Now in its 18th year, the Mardi Gras encompasses art, sport, politics and
The Green Left Weekly 1995 fund appeal exceeded its target of $115,000 by $300! Congratulations to everyone who contributed, either by direct donation or by supporting the many Green Left Weekly fundraising events that were held in cities across
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