By Liam Hazell
Concern is growing over the increasing harassment of Chilean activists Daniel Sanchez San Juan and Lorena Astorga, both members of the Organisation for the Defence of Human Rights in Chile (ODEP). Daniel toured Australia in 1995 to
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By Jubin Goodarzi
The Taliban's capture of Kabul in September has sent shock waves throughout Central Asia. Fearing the prospect of the Afghan civil war spilling over into the former Soviet south, Russia and the governments of four Central Asian
An Israeli company has unloaded arms and military surveillance equipment on Bougainville for the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, the Bougainville Interim Government reports.
On October 29, the BIG said bombs and other armaments were shipped on the
By Peter Montague
In 1953 US President Dwight Eisenhower announced plans for the "peaceful atom". The shining star of this program was to be thousands of nuclear-powered
electricity-generating plants, worldwide, making electricity "too cheap to
'British government to privatise social security' says visiting unionist
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — "The privatisation process undertaken by the Conservative government in Britain in the Department of Social Security has been disastrous", Vicki
In August, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made an agreement with DuPont Agricultural Products to reduce risks to US farm workers from methomyl, an insecticide used on a variety of crops. The agreement calls for reductions of maximum use
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA — Nicaragua has lived a form of virtual reality since the national elections held on October 20. Widespread accusations of fraud have delayed the final declaration of the results and the "virtual" victory of Arnoldo
Workers' health and safety more at risk
On November 6, WA Greens Senator Dee Margetts expressed fear for workers' health and safety after the Democrats and Coalition blocked attempts to have occupational health and safety issues incorporated in the
No Safe PlaceMary-Rose MacCollAllen and Unwin, 1996. 173pp., $14.95Reviewed by Tony Smith It is an understatement to say that Adele Lanois has a problem. She has lots. Her mother appears in daytime visions. Her father worries about her, advises her,
After a successful speak-out against racism in Civic on October 31, an Anti-Racist Coalition has formed in Canberra. The coalition has called a "Unity Against Racism" rally on November 23 as part of the national day of action. Sue Bull reports that
Poem: Prolific Plantings
Prolific Plantings
These carefully sown crops
selectively planted in welcoming settings
to blossom like fireworks bursting
from receptive mother earth
instant blossoms of blood red hue
spattered with flesh and
Doctors impose bans and rolling stoppages
By Kamala Emanuel
NEWCASTLE — Up to 2000 doctors from NSW's public hospitals walked off the job to attend stop-work meetings on November 6. The meetings were called by the Public Service Association
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