By Wendy Robertson
Last year, the socialist youth organisation Resistance launched an Australia-wide campaign in support of East Timor's independence. The highlight of the campaign was the October 15 National Day of Action, mobilising 1300 high
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Hobart anti-woodchipping meeting
By Rebecca Meckelburg
HOBART — A "Stand up for the Forests" public meeting called by the Wilderness Society on February 7 attracted more than 900 people. While only 400 could squeeze into the hall, another
Mercury spill at hospitals covered up by unions
By Paul Jones
BRISBANE — Reports last year in Green Left Weekly of mercury hazards to workers at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, are confirmed by a state government report submitted to the
The Nama Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) of Sri Lanka was formed in 1977 by people who were a faction within the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). In the 1960s the LSSP had a very large base within the working class and among peasants. However, during its
Peter Montague
The computer industry revealed an illuminating use of risk assessment recently. On November 24, the New York Times announced discovery of a bug in the Pentium computer chip, the flagship product of the giant Intel Corporation, the
Reprinted here are parts of a faxed letter to Matthew J. James, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geology at Sonoma State University in California. It was sent by Macarena Green, a biologist now in the Galapagos Islands. The islands,
By Jennifer Thompson
You could be excused for not knowing it, but the ACTU has some policy positions that are relevant and useful in the current debate about woodchipping. Sadly, the peak union body is being unusually reticent about expressing
The federal government's capitulation to the timber industry on the pretext of "protecting jobs" has come under increasing criticism. One respected researcher, Dr Clive Hamilton, argues that protection of the 509 coupes would not
By Kim Moody
With the support of many pro-labour Democrats, Congress overwhelmingly ratified the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the new worldwide free trade agreement.
One reason for the big Democratic "yes" vote was that,
Sustaining Our Forests
By Kara Joss
1994. 121 pp. $15
Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald
Sustaining Our Forests is a much needed and very useful resource for both the novice and the well informed on forest conservation in Australia. The product of
Corporate sponsorship of schools growing
By Heidi Pegrem
SYDNEY — A report presented to the national conference of the Australian Education Union on January 20 revealed that corporate sponsorship of schools is expanding in all states,
By Mikael Karlsson
Swedish author Hans Andersson has fought against neo-Nazism for many, many years. This involves publishing books about organisations whose sole desire is to remain unknown to the public.
This naturally creates certain
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