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Pocket-sized legal advice Activists Rights Handbook By the Activist's Defence Network Reviewed by Karen Fredericks Most of the time a political action committee needs a lawyer like Madonna needs more publicity. The presence of a
By Pip Hinman Environmentalists have cautiously welcomed the findings of "Future Reaction", the Commonwealth's Research Reactor Review released on August 5. Greenpeace's Ben Pearson said that the review's findings reaffirm the safety,
Connections: The Spirit of Crazy Horse SBS TV Thursday, August 19, 8.30 p.m. (8.00 Adelaide) Reviewed by Ignatius Kim To understand a people, one must understand their origins, says a Lakota activist interviewed in this moving
My World — South African exile Paul Thusi presents his weekly program on Sydney's Radio Skid Row (2RSR 88.9). Paul keeps the African community, and others interested in Africa, up to date with the latest news from the African continent and the
Face to face with Fidel Castro Interview with Tomás Borge Ocean Press, 181pp. $19.95 Reviewed by Sean Malloy Why do so many people interview Fidel Castro? Beatriz Pagés, Gianni Min, Frei Betto, Tomás Borge, Maria
By Will Firth BERLIN — This city is one of seven in the running to host the 27th Olympic Games. In the last several years Berlin's Senat (local government) and a number of corporations have made major investments in support of the city's
By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Over ten thousand teachers rallied across Queensland on August 5 to protest the cutbacks to the education budget by the state government. The 4000-strong meeting at Brisbane's Festival Hall, plus some 50 other
By Pip Hinman On most supermarket shelves these days, tuna cans are marked as "dolphin safe". For the unsuspecting consumer, the purchase of this item is preferable to those that are unmarked, which consumers rightly suspect to be the product
Rallies commemorate Hiroshima Day By Pip Hinman Nearly 50 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki, peace activists in Brisbane, Hobart and Sydney rallied to remember those who died and to demand an end to the
By Norm Dixon Claiming that tough measures are required to impose "law and order" in Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Paias Wingti recently announced controversial measures which will severely restrict previously accepted human and civil
300 XXXX brewery workers face the sack By Bill Mason BRISBANE — In a drastic rationalisation of its XXXX brewing operation, Castlemaine Perkins Ltd, owned by Lion Nathan, is pushing through a plan to retrench 300 workers. Despite
Paying for enterprise bargaining By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — A document circulated to DSS managers on July 19 advises them of the amount of salary dollars and ASL (Actual Staffing Level, i.e., jobs) they will be losing in order to pay