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ADELAIDE — A cross campus network has been formed following a meeting of around 40 people on February 13. The CCN will be organising South Australia's involvement in the two National Days of Action, called by the No Fees Conference held in
Poll after poll reaffirms that Australians, by and large, want the remaining stands of old growth forests protected. The Herald-McNair poll, released on February 15, revealed that nearly half the population want export woodchipping phased out by the
By Bruce Marlowe What are the real economics of Australia's woodchipping industry? Answering this apparently simple question is no simple matter, because much of the corporate data is secret, and vital government information has been declared
Government blamed Twenty conservationists occupied the Eden office of the NSW Forestry Commission (State Forests) on February 15 to focus attention on those responsible for the decision to target high conservation value compartments which are
World Orders, Old and New By Noam Chomsky Pluto Press, 1994 311 pp., $34.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon "The roots of policy lie deep in firmly established institutional structures of power". Chomsky's latest expedition to uncover the
By Norm Dixon MADRID — "In Spain we are living in the final part of a period that began in 1982, when the Socialist Party [PSOE] came into government. In the beginning, people had many illusions, many hopes for change. Those illusions are
Child-care By Kath Gelber The federal government's decision to shelve the proposal to means test the child-care rebate was made much more on the basis of economics than on social justice. Economists warned the move would not bring a
Rally defends health system by Janet Parker SYDNEY — One thousand pensioners, health and community workers from across NSW rallied here on February 11 against the dismantling of the public health system. A lively contingent from the
Paris is Burning — Award-winning documentary that examines the art of "voguing" and its origins in the black and Latino gay communities of the United States. ABC TV, Friday, February 24, 1am. Actively Radical TV — Community television's
In a surprise address televised on the evening of February 9, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon announced that he had issued orders to arrest several leaders of the rebel Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). Zedillo said
Union boycott of Campbells soups By Bronwen Brook and Adam Leeman MELBOURNE — A spirited meeting of 70 mushroom pickers employed by Campbells Pty Ltd was held in the Bundoora region on February 9. The workers, mostly women, discussed
Malcolm X: Make it plain Three-part documentary, screening February 23, March 2 and March 9 at 8.30pm (8 South Australia) on SBS Reviewed by Chris Martin This new documentary is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the life of Malcolm X