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Panama since the invasion

By Lamoin Werlein-Jan The December 20, 1989 US invasion of Panama was not about Manuel Noriega's involvement with the drug trade, protecting US lives or restoring democracy. These were only the excuses used to justify Washington's gross

Population: no simplistic solutions

Marina Carman Population: no simplistic solutions We live in a world in crisis. A world plagued by pollution of air, seas, land, food and drinking water. A world of ozone depletion, deforestation and global warming. It's an international

Radio Highlights

Open Learning — The Collapse of Communism — A Triumph for the West? — One for the early riser. A number of historians have declared the "end of ideology"; assessing this claim, the program looks at the role of the US as world cop in a more

Songs of Struggle in Sydney

SYDNEY — Songs of Protest, Songs of Struggle is a benefit concert for Green Left Weekly and Actively Radical TV. It will be held on Saturday, February 19, from 8 p.m. at Burland Community Hall, King Street, Newtown. Following are brief

Arms embargo aids aggressors in Bosnia

By Kate Shannon As the Bosnians in Sarajevo bury their dead from the recent massacre by Serb gunners, NATO has called on the Bosnian army within the besieged city to lay down its heavy weapons along with the Serbs surrounding the city. Both

NSW backbenchers try to block wilderness

By Paul Oboohov SYDNEY — Liberal and National Party backbenchers in the state parliament are trying to stop the declaration of 350,000 ha of 11 remaining wilderness areas in NSW, or water them down. These areas were announced for declaration

Protesters confront Indonesian minister

Protesters confront Indonesian minister By Cameron Price MELBOURNE — A picket was organised outside the World Congress Centre on February 8 by Environmental Youth Alliance, the Indonesian solidarity group Aksi and Resistance to highlight

Progressive Pact formed for Italian elections

Luciana Castelina, a leader of the Italian Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) and a member of the European parliament, spoke with Green Left Weekly's Kate Shannon about the coming national elections. Castelina will be a speaker at the

Secret trial of Russian scientist

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — How democratic is a country in which a person who reveals breaches of an international agreement can be put on trial in a closed court, under secret laws and in violation of the constitution? That is the question

Adelaide Fringe/Festival

Adelaide Fringe/Festival During the next few weeks Adelaide will be inundated with a variety of cultural forms. Listed here are only a few of many highlights. Aboriginal and Islander Music Festival — Warumpi Band, Mixed Relations, Seven

Case history of a five-year wait

By Susan Hollows How difficult is it to be accepted as a refugee in Australia? Gek Buoi Minh, a 15-year-old Cambodian girl scratching out a living in Song Be refugee camp in Vietnam, has waited over five years for her migration application to be

Stoned Week planned

Stoned Week planned By Freya Pinney BRISBANE — The focus of the University of Queensland's O-Week and Recovery Week in 1994 is the decriminalisation of marijuana. This will culminated in the organisation of a Stoned Week, including a