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Ali Abunimah: Trump playing with fire in Jerusalem

Donald Trump’s announcement that his adminstration would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital will end decades of US policy that such recognition could come only after the status of the city is settled in negotiations.

Last month, US lawmakers held hearings to promote recognising Jerusalem and moving the embassy that only heard from members of the Israel lobby, and completely excluded Palestinians.

Hope for Whian Whian State Forest

Hope for Whian Whian State Forest By Zanny Begg Logging in compartment 65, part of the Whian Whian State Forest, may halt after evidence has been produced that logging is damaging rainforest areas Garrick Martin from the

Innovative theatre takes up East Timor

Innovative theatre takes up East Timor Quito By Martin Wesley-Smith and Peter Wesley-Smith Performed by the Song Company Presented by the Sydney Metropolitan Opera Directed by John Wregg Seven performances from

Information for migrant women factory workers

By Anthony Brown BRISBANE — In 1990 a group of women community workers here formed the Factory Information Project. The project grew out of concerns that many women from non-English speaking backgrounds were not accessing

Anti-abortionists call for clinic's closure

Anti-abortionists call for clinic's closure By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Anti-abortion group Right to Life chairwoman Margaret Tighe and National Party leader Rob Borbidge have called for police to raid an abortion clinic here and

... and ain't i a woman?: No matter who you are

No matter who you are By Kath Gelber Poor Terry! All he wants is for people to like him. He's one of those touchy-feely kind of blokes, you know the ones. He didn't mean any harm by it. He was just trying to make his staff feel

It's hard to find a green ban when you need one

By Yvonne Francis CANBERRA — Jack Mundey addressed a group of conservationists at the Pensioners' Club here on October 14. The environment is the key for the radical left, he said. It is essential that all the environmental groups learn

Women's forum debates censorship

By Jennifer Thompson SYDNEY — An October 26 forum here, called by the recently formed National Women's Media Centre, heard from speakers representing a spectrum of opinion on whether banning or restricting pornography contributes to the

Forests trashed for cash

By Ben Butcher SYDNEY — Since mid-September the Fast for the Forest team have been sitting outside Parliament House in Macquarie Street, and for most of that time they have been fasting. They are collecting signatures on petitions

Power station flouted pollution law

Power station flouted pollution law By Bill Mason BRISBANE — State officials permitted the government-owned Gladstone power station to pollute the area for 18 years, without effective controls, documents obtained by the

Fly after sundown

By Phil Anderson "Fly Buys. The all new way to earn free air travel." Seductive marketing: simply by doing everyday things like shopping, buying fuel and using your credit cards you can earn free travel. So says the new colourful brochure.

Destructive logging spreads in Solomons

By Simon Heath Multinational logging is now creeping in to destroy the rainforests of the south-west Pacific after timber supplies elsewhere in the world are exhausted or becoming protected. A particularly horrifying example of