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Radioactive contamination of Greenham Common

By Robyn Marshall A large area around Greenham Common air base in Britain was seriously contaminated by radioactivity at some time before 1961, according to a article in the July 20 New Scientist. Greenham Common was the site of a long occupation

Write on: letters to the editor

Senate and the budget The question of the senate and blocking the budget has been raised in the Victorian Student movement. At the meeting of the Student Unionism Network on the 10th of September, the International Socialist Organisation moved that

Sectarian simpletons help Howard

Sectarians help Howard By Dick Nichols Over the recent round of CPSU mass meetings, militant opposition to the losing approach of the Wendy Caird leadership would have acquired more authority in the minds of disillusioned and angry CPSU members

US study shows how to eliminate dioxin

By Peter Montague A two-year study of dioxin in the US Great Lakes has concluded that 86% of dioxin sources could be eliminated without economic sacrifice, and possibly with economic gains. The study was conducted by a team of researchers at

Poem: Plaza Del Chelmsford

Plaza Del Chelmsford In the Plaza del Mayo in Argentina, The Mothers of the "disappeared" stand With their white hankies in their hand, And say: "We want our loved ones Back as they were." Mary, the mother of Jesus, Did see her beloved

More Indonesian pro-democracy activists arrested

People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists I Gusti Astika Anom and Wilson were captured by the police in Java's third largest city, Semarang, on September 9. Five other PRD activists were caught with them but have since been released. Wilson and Anom

The crimes of Suharto

By James Balowski Despite the ongoing crackdown against PRD (People's Democratic Party) members and other pro-democracy activists, when John Howard meets with President Suharto this week, you can be sure that promoting Australian business interests

Israel tightens hold on Jerusalem

By Jennifer Thompson A part of Israel's strategy to make its exclusive control of Jerusalem a fait accompli is the pressure being applied for all Palestinian Authority activity to cease in the city as a precondition to Israeli withdrawal from

Resistance runs for NUS delegates

Resistance runs for NUS delegates By Kamala Emanuel NEWCASTLE — Resistance is running a team of three candidates for NUS delegates from Newcastle Uni. "Students are facing major attacks from the Howard government, and we would benefit

ANU students debate campaign tactics

By Nick Soudakoff CANBERRA — At the centre of a heated debate here in the campaign against the Liberals' attacks on education has been the question of whether or not students should occupy the ANU chancellery building. Members of the

Work and virtual reality

By Gerry Harant Twenty years ago, when I was part of a team working on a major project with the Wool and Textile Division of CSIRO in Geelong, I first heard of the idea of robotic sheep shearing. Having watched shearers at work, I understood a

'Dioxin factory' continues despite opposition

By Barry Healy SYDNEY — The Waterloo incinerator in Sydney's south-east is still operating despite increasing pressure to have it shut down from the state government, the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and other critics. The