Attacking underdevelopment and pollution
JULIA PERKINS and NICK FREDMAN recently returned from a visit to Cuba. Here they describe the island's attempts at economically sustainable development.
"Ecojoven 93", the first youth environment
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By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Some 200 people rallied on September 4 outside Ascot station in the city's eastern suburbs to protest against the impending closure of passenger rail services between Eagle Junction and Pinkenba.
The rally
By Stan Thompson
BRISBANE — "For hundreds of years the indigenous peoples or 'orang asli' in Sarawak have lived and depended on the rainforest for food, shelter, clothing, medicine and other necessities, living in complete harmony with nature.
By William Lune
The Somali tragedy represents an extreme example of what is taking place in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis is a result of the crippling combination of three decades of moisture deficit in the Sahel belt and failed
Nicaraguan commandos make getaway
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA — Hundreds of people waved clenched fists, arms and flags and shouted support as the Dignity and Sovereignty Commandos made their escape from the city. People lined the road while
By Peter Boyle
The Keating government's draft legislation on land rights, released on September 2, quashes hopes that the government would strengthen the High Court's limited recognition of Aboriginal "native title". In fact, the effect will be
The wages debate at the ACTU Congress was the one where everyone was expecting "action". All the ingredients for a major clash seemed to be there: the Transport Workers Union had denounced the loss of wages under the Accord; the New South Wales Labor
Last week's ACTU Congress, held at Sydney's Darling Harbour Convention Centre, was a peculiar affair. The delegates were angrier than they had been for years, but the votes still went the way of the ACTU leaders. Dick Nichols looks at two issues
By Sasha Ltana and Sydney Rainforest Action Group
Australia's "quiet achiever", BHP, is a major shareholder and the manager of what is probably the dirtiest mine in the world: the Ok Tedi open cut copper mine of Papua New Guinea.
The mine
Secrecy surrounds the Australian government's plans to sell Australian uranium to Indonesia. But evidence gathered by Greenpeace exposes its eagerness to be a big player in Indonesia's decision to go nuclear over the next decade. PIP HINMAN reports
The fire in Nina Simone
Nina Simone, the Legend
Masterpiece, SBS Television
Monday, September 13, 8.30 p.m. (8.00 Adelaide)
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
"I refuse to call it jazz even though the whole world calls it jazz. It was a term
Vegetarianism
Dave Riley's article "Does Meat Make the Meal?" (GL 11/8/93) skimps on the truth about vegetarianism. It isn't just getting the meal that's a political issue, it's what happens to the animals who get turned into the meat that
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