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Bougainville Tent Embassy

Bougainville Tent Embassy CANBERRA — Medicines donated by organisations, doctors and hospitals were delivered to the Bougainville Tent Embassy in front of Parliament House here on November 4. Alan Coe, representing the Victorian Aboriginal

Just right for the stocking

Just right for the stocking Black 'n' White 'n' Green Edited by George Hirst Envirobook, 1993. 128 pp. $14.95 Reviewed by Allen Myers The subhead says it all: "Australia's top cartoonists draw the line on the environment". This is a

Campaign planned for south-east forests

By Karl Miller SYDNEY — "After twenty years of conflict, division in local communities and environmental destruction, the South East Forest Protection Bill gives Australia its best chance to free the forests of the bulldozer and chainsaw and

Russian unions hold extraordinary congress

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — For Russian trade unions, the coup d'etat launched and consolidated by President Boris Yeltsin between September 21 and October 4 dramatically increased the difficulties of defending jobs, wages, social benefits and

Amazon peoples take Texaco to court

Amazon peoples take Texaco to court By Penny Saunders QUITO — Representatives of several groups of indigenous peoples from the Ecuadorian Amazon region left for New York on November 3 to begin court action against the US oil company

A potentially stellar birth

By Kirsten Dunlop The birth of a journal is not unlike the birth of a star: it happens all the time and goes unnoticed by a vast majority of the population. It is rare for a journal to be born which has a potential for a stellar existence. Siglo

Powerful arguments

Powerful arguments "When you get into Cabinet, if you don't have the support of the prime minister, at the end of the argument you don't win." — Health minister and numbers man Graham Richadson. What a relief "Pentagon officials now

Amnesty critical of UN in Somalia

Amnesty International has criticised UN forces in Somalia after receiving reports of killings and unjustified detentions by UN troops. AI says the reports indicate breaches of human rights. Hundreds of Somalis have been detained for short

Woolgrowers beware

By Desmond Dawson Last April the federal government commissioned the Wool Industry Review Committee on sloppy terms of reference; the August reply has been accepted by government, the Australian Wool Industry Commission and, with reservations,

The cost of pay TV

By Adam Hanieh Until now there hasn't been much you can do with a TV: you either sit and watch it, or you turn it off. This is all about to change. Telecommunications is undergoing the most dramatic changes in its history, and the corporate

... and ain't i a woman?: Contraceptiongate

Contraceptiongate Senator Brian Harradine, Right to Life's man in federal parliament, found himself in an advantageous bargaining position during the scuffle over the budget. Along with the Greens and the Democrats, Harradine's vote on the

Looking out: A true African-American love story

A true African-American love story Once a year I try to name an unusual African-American woman whose actions, I feel, represent those of a true "African-American sister". I hold that title in very high regard; and too frequently, I think, it is