Humans and animals
Laura Bahnisch (Write on, #149) accuses Dave Riley ("Becoming Human", GLW #147) of speciesism for pointing to the fundamental distinction between human nature and animal nature.
Whilst it is often commonplace to compare
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By Jon Land
Two East Timorese were sentenced to prison for three years on June 27 for raising the flag of Fretilin in Dili on July 17 of last year. The peaceful protest marked the date that Suharto signed a bill declaring East Timor part of
Lesbians and gays rally in Brisbane
By Nick Everett and Ana Kailis
BRISBANE — 1500 people rallied on July 2 to support lesbian and gay rights. The rally, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, was followed by a
Southern Sky, Western Oval: A Year Inside League Football
By Martin Flanagan
McPhee Gribble, 1994. 191 pp., $14.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
Footscray, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, has the highest unemployment rate (24%) in
Strikes increase
Industrial action by black workers has increased dramatically in the first half of the year. Compared to the same period in 1993, the number of work days lost through strikes has almost doubled. Most strikes occurred in the
Comment by Ray Hayes
Steve Rogers and June McKay in their article "Jobs at Risk in DEET Proposal" (Green Left Weekly, June 15) miss the point completely. Their analysis is unworthy of inclusion in the pages of a paper that attempts to play a
By Peter Montague
For three years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been reassessing the toxicity of dioxin and other dioxin-like chemicals, including dibenzofurans and some PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls).
PCBs are
By Tom Kelly
A breakthrough in solar energy technology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) means that clean energy from the sun can now be cost-competitive with energy produced by the combustion of fossil fuels. This breakthrough,
To the Ends of the Earth â The Hunt for the Jackal
SBS Television
Sunday, July 17, 9.30pm (9 Adelaide)
Reviewed by Barry Healy
Since the development of small-sized weapons of mass destruction, there have been many "terrorism" spates.
By Sujatha Fernandes
Theatre, music, song and humour have been used to raise political consciousness in countries where dictatorships censor most forms of political expression. In India, a society in which women are still heavily subordinated
Eroding democracy
Senator Nick Bolkus, not content with denying basic human rights and dignity to refugees, nor with insulting Australia's Macedonian community, is now bent on devaluing the democratic rights of Australia's elected
By Dick Nichols and Chow Wei Cheng
World financial market are in turmoil: interest rates soaring, stock markets plunging and the US dollar in free fall against the yen and the mark. On June 27, the Australian stock market lost $10 billion, its
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