By Jacqui Moon
MELBOURNE — People in white radiation suits and with green faces will be appearing at high schools as part of a street theatre organised by Resistance to show the dangers of the nuclear industry. High school students will walk out
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Cuba denounces US 'human rights' hypocrisy
At the session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on March 24, Cuba's vice-president, Dr Carlos Lage Davila, replied to charges by the US government that in Cuba there has been a
By Barry Sheppard
Taking a break from the daily bombing of Iraq, US-led NATO forces are escalating the bombing of Yugoslavia, threatening a wider war. This underscores the determination of the US ruling class to build up its already massive
Bridging the divide
HAVANA — On April 1, the Baltimore Orioles became the first US major league baseball team to play on Cuban soil in 40 years. After the game, musicians from both nations danced the night away at an all-star concert to bridge
MUA election issues begin to surface
By Dick Nichols
Last week, seafarer members of the Maritime Union of Australia attending their monthly stop-work meeting were given the latest issue of Voice, the journal of the Maritime Unionists Socialist
By Danny Fairfax
Everybody knows that politicians are liars. A recent survey showed only 7% of the population think that politicians are trustworthy. The election campaign for the March 27 NSW election only served to confirm people's suspicions.
Greens, waste and democracy
By Stephen O'Brien
NEWCASTLE — During last month's NSW state election campaign, supporters of the Greens gathered signatures on a petition which called for a ban on campaigning within one kilometre of polling booths
Nigerian environmentalists arrested
Those who think there is now freedom in Nigeria should rethink. The crackdown against environment and indigenous rights activists is continuing, says Environmental Rights Action (ERA). Three environment activists
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — Last year, Adelaide academic and president of the Conservation Council of South Australia, Dr Tim Doyle, participated in an international fact-finding mission to examine the impact of Western Mining Corporation operations
The after-death experience
The American Way of Death RevisitedBy Jessica MitfordVirago, 1998282 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
It's funerals today, something else tomorrow, warned Mortuary Management in 1961 about the perils of reform of
By Zanny Begg
On March 31, thousands of students took to the streets in rallies across Australia against the voluntary student unionism (VSU) legislation. The rallies were a vibrant rebuttal of the Liberals' claim of majority support for VSU.
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Premiere screenings of Indonesia in Revolt — Democracy or Death!
Made in Indonesia and Australia between August 1998 and March 1999 in cooperation with activists from the Indonesian political underground.
Sydney
6.30pm,
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