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By Zanny Begg "Apartheid not only degrades the inhabitants of our country, it degrades the earth, the air and the streams ... the greening of our country is basic to its healing" writes Albie Sachs, a spokesperson for the ANC. Erosion,
By Anne Casey Since the beginning of the year, Greenpeace activities have taken on a new direction for the organisation. The Cities and Coasts Campaign was launched with the Rainbow Warrior Solutions Tour, which began in Perth in January.
24-hour stoppage by media workers By Anthony Thirwall and Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Workers from three unions involved in the production of the Advertiser, Adelaide's only daily, went out on a 24-hour stoppage on June 4 in response
New SACP leader elected South African Communist Party deputy general secretary Charles Nqakula has been elected general secretary to replace the assassinated Chris Hani. Nqakula, a former journalist, was a close confidant of Hani. He said he
By Damien Lawson Peace activists' fears have been confirmed by a leaked submission outlining plans to launch rockets from the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia. The submission, by the state government on behalf of the aerospace
By Judith A. Pasimio Apo Sandawa is the ancestral home of more than 100,000 Lumad (the indigenous people of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines). It is one of the ASEAN Heritage Sites and is also on the United Nations List of National
By Norm Dixon Charges against Bougainville human rights campaigner Rosemarie Gillespie have been dropped after the uproar following her arrest for possession of "restricted substances" — prescription drugs destined for Bougainville. The
Unemployment 'solutions' One third of the official 1 million unemployed, or 371,000 people, are now classified as long-term unemployed. Prime Minister Paul Keating's announcement of a new committee to look at "policy options" for responding
Mississippi Masala Directed and produced by Mira Nair Written by Sooni Taraporevala Starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Ranjit Chodhry, Tico Wells, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Natalie Oliver Commences at KINO early July
By Peter Boyle The Keating government's June 3 release of a cabinet discussion paper on legislation to deal with the Mabo case confirmed the bad impression created a week earlier by the government's support for Northern Territory legislation
By Karen Fredericks Anima Mundi, the latest work from Godfrey Reggio, writer, director and producer of the unforgettable films Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi, will screen at the Sydney Film Festival's special "Green Screen" event on June 25.
Right wing feared Hani would be president By Norm Dixon South African Communist Party general secretary Chris Hani, assassinated on April 10, was targeted because the right wing believed he was Nelson Mandela's most likely successor,