By Mark Gregory
"You can talk a lot and the words are soon forgotten; perhaps you can write, that might last a bit longer; but to sing about it is to create a lasting means of communication and Don did that ... His songs will become part of the
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Health fears at Leigh Creek
By Michael Unger
The Leigh Creek Trust, a group of 130 former Leigh Creek residents and workers, is preparing for a Supreme Court class action against the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA).
Leigh
Labor swaps media barons
What lies behind Prime Minister Keating's recent outburst against Labor's former favourite media magnate, Kerry Packer? In describing the rejected Optus-Packer plan for a regional pay TV duopoly (with Murdoch-Telecom) as
By Jennifer Thompson
The clamour of demands for action to cut the federal budget deficit and current account deficit has risen in the past month to a cacophony. Federal Labor faces the recurring problem associated with a period of economic
Later this month, a meeting in Berlin is scheduled to evaluate how well governments are doing in their commitment, made at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro three years ago, to reduce their emissions of
By Michael Tardif and Sujatha Fernandes
COLOMBO — The Korea-Ceylon Footwear Manufacturing Company is a joint venture in the Colombo free trade zone. In the last four months the company has been the site of significant workers' struggles and is
Sri Lankan students in eight-year campaign
Students at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies in Colombo have been struggling for eight years to win hostel accommodation, better facilities and increased funding. For the last two years, they have
By Jennifer Thompson
In defiance of the Oslo peace accords, the Israeli government is continuing the policy of new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and proceeding with Israeli Prime Minister Rabin's plans to wall off these
In mid-1993, with little fanfare, 1680 scientists from 49 countries signed and published a "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity." Of these 1680 scientists, 104 were Nobel prize winners. Below, we print the text of their warning. Publication of the
Taking the Risk out of Democracy: Propaganda in the US and Australia
By Alex Carey
University of NSW Press, 1995. 214 pp., $19.95
Reviewed by Alex McCutcheon
As Alex Carey sees it, "The twentieth century has been characterized by three
From the brontosaurus's mouth
"The ACTU secretary, Mr Bill Kelty, has warned that unions are doomed in Australia unless they stop being big bureaucratic organisations and get closer to both members and new recruits." — Sydney Morning Herald,
By Norm Dixon
DETROIT — Walking along Michigan Avenue is a depressing experience. Forget the glitz and glamour on TV: this is the real United States. One of the Motor City's main thoroughfares, Michigan Avenue is symbolic of the crisis of US
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