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A Song for Cuba

A Song for Cuba SYDNEY — The committee "A Song for Cuba" is organising a cultural artistic festival which will take place September 20-25 in various venues here. The purpose of the event is to raise funds for the worldwide

Maritime unions fight to save ANL

By Pip Hunter Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the Australian Maritime Officers' Union walked off the job on September 8 in protest at the federal government's moves to liquidate the Australian National Line (ANL). The

East Timor campaign gains momentum

By Wendy Robertson Preparations for the October 15 National Day of Action against Australian government and business involvement in the Timor Gap Treaty are under way in all states. The National Day of Action is jointly organised by

Demolishing orthodox economics

The Death of Economics By Paul Ormerod Faber and Faber, 1994. 219 pp. Reviewed by John Tomlinson The title The Death of Economics seems the answer to every non-economist's dream as we tire of the multitude of Friedmanite

Uranium debate features on SBS

Dateline: The Uranium Mining Debate SBS, Saturday, September 17, 7.30pm (7 Adelaide) Reviewed by Tom Kelly This week Dateline deals with the escalating debate around moves to change the ALP's "three mines" uranium policy. Jane

East Timor: 20 years of ALP betrayal

By John Tomlinson and Rob Wesley-Smith There are significant economic and political reasons why the federal Labor cabinet should reassess its position on East Timor. These reasons need to be placed within a historical context. If the

RDP councils to spread across South Africa

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Mass-based RDP Councils are being established throughout South Africa to ensure that the new government's Reconstruction and Development Program is "people-driven", Cheryl Carolus, the ANC's RDP coordinator,

White Ribbon Week in Brisbane

By Anthony Brown BRISBANE — One in 10 Australian families experiences chronic domestic violence. An estimated 76% of rapists are partners, ex-partners or close friends of their victims or known by them. One in five women

Victory near for opponents of Ukrainian oil terminal

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Plans for a massive oil terminal near the Ukrainian port of Odessa are now likely to be drastically scaled down or abandoned entirely, reports in late August indicated. The project has been the focus of a

Ireland: Toward a lasting peace?

By Catherine Brown and Frank Noakes "I have arranged ... to increase the animosity between the Orangemen and the United Irish. Upon that animosity depends the safety of the centre counties of the North." — British General Charles

Radio highlights

Gaywaves — Australia's longest running gay and lesbian program. 2SER, Thursday, September 15, 8pm. Green and Practical: The Reluctant Nation — This eight-part series looks at the implications of federalism on environmental management.

Loose cannons

Cow jumped over the moon lctext = "Space is not an empty void. It is a cash cow waiting to be milked by Australian space companies ... [according to] Dr Bruce Middleton, an aerospace consultant ..." — Sydney Morning Herald, September 6.