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As President Donald Trump聽delivered his聽in June 1 of withdrawing the United States from Paris climate agreement, environmental group 350.org laid out steps for an energised people's movement that could 鈥渞ise up like never before鈥 and stop the anti-science White House from destroying the planet.

Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War By Rick Atkinson Harper Collins, 1994. 504 pp. $39.95 Reviewed by Paul Hemphill In the disturbing documentary The Panama Deception, one of the very few instances of wry humour related to
More subtle these days "A quarter of a century ago the Australians who came here came in battle dress. They now come dressed for business." 鈥 Prime Minister Keating in Vietnam. Mystery "The resignations of cabinet members Graham Richardson
King Lear Directed by David Ritchie New Theatre, King St, Newtown Reviewed by Helen Jarvis Sydney's New Theatre continues its long tradition of good performances of classics to complement its contemporary, Australian and progressive
Story and photo by Therese Mackay PORT MACQUARIE 鈥 NSW health minister Ron Phillips snuck into town on April 8 desperately trying to avoid 60 protesting locals angered by the long waiting lists at the public hospital and plans to privatise
Response to Timor film The screening of John Pilger's film Death of A Nation on national television in New Zealand on April 10 brought a flood of phone calls to the East Timor Independence Committee's action line. The Auckland-based group
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG 鈥 Angry public servants in what is left of South Africa's discredited system of ethnic "homelands" are continuing to press their demands militantly. Workers in the health services of KwaZulu, Transkei, Lebowa and
Increased danger from ultraviolet radiation Leaked research from a top laboratory of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States indicates that sun-screens may not provide protection from excessive ultraviolet radiation (UV-B)
By Stephen Marks MANAGUA 鈥 District Six in Managua's eastern section is a working-class area and a strong base for the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Recently I was invited to a meeting in the district where representatives of
By Lisa Macdonald Those of us active in radical politics are encountering postmodernism everywhere we turn. But whether it is postindustrialism or post-Fordism in economics, post-structuralism in philosophy or post-feminism in women's
Aid and family planning By Kath Gelber Should Australian overseas aid be linked to the promotion of family planning programs? According to Senator Brian Harradine, never. His anti-contraception, anti-abortion, anti-family planning, anti-sex
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW 鈥 Many people in the international left and labour movements were impressed last year to see and read a new English-language publication from Moscow 鈥 Russian Labour Review. Sponsored by the Labour Information Centre