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Iraq regime executes political prisoners

Iraq regime executes political prisoners According to the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI), the ruling Ba'ath regime of Iraq has started mass executions of political prisoners. More than 260 political prisoners — most of them in Abu

Howard and the environment: a record of disaster

By Lisa Macdonald While electioneering in January 1996. John Howard pledged that his government would "make the largest commitment to environmental action by any national government in Australia's history". Howard was, of course, indulging in

Looking out: Support for those without

Support for those withoutSupport for those without By Brandon Astor Jones "[Be] like a tree grown in a meadow.It greens, it doubles its yield,It stands in front of its lord.Its fruit is sweet, its shade delightful." — Amenemope (c.

CRA hunts for uranium

CRA hunts for uranium By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Mining giant CRA is prospecting near the Century Zinc deposit in north-west Queensland, opening the possibility of the first uranium mine in the state since the closure of the Mary Kathleen

Houdini, Conan Doyle and fairies in the garden

GossamerWritten by John MistoDirected by Crispin TaylorWith Paul Goddard, Betty Lucas, Vic Rooney, William Zappa, Beth Armstrong and Beth DalyEnsemble Theatre, Sydney Review by Mark Stoyich These days, the word "fairy" has lost its original

Congo/Zaire: Why the west is alarmed

By Norm Dixon "We are starting the second phase of our revolution — the reconstruction phase", announced the foreign minister in the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bizima Karaha, on May 21. Immediately after

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm. 9point = Access News —

'No ticket, no start' angers WA premier

By Anthony Benbow PERTH — Anyone driving down Harvest Terrace past WA's parliament lately has been greeted by a blaze of light and colour. Day and night there is movement and activity, music, people talking, a welcoming fire against the cold

TAFE students organise against restructuring

TAFE students organise against restructuring By Jenny Forward HOBART — Students opposed to restructuring recommended in a recent education review have called for the resignation of the state education and vocational training minister.

Asian migrants hit again

By Lisa Macdonald Last week federal cabinet approved a 6000 cut in the migrant intake for 1997-98. While the number of refugee and humanitarian places will stay at 12,000, the number of non-humanitarian places will fall from 74,000 to 68,000.

Reconciliation 'past its use-by date'

Reconciliation 'past its use-by date' PERTH — John Howard's "Ten Commandments" regarding the Wik judgment "are just 10 ways of saying 'no' to Aboriginal Australia", says Yaluritja (Clarrie Isaacs). The well-known anti-racist activist

Free speech and the far right

Comment by Iggy Kim HOBART — Since the 3000-strong protest here that caused Pauline Hanson to cancel her public meeting, local Hansonites have thrown up their arms at the "anti-democratic rabble". Likewise, "respectable" commentators have