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Playing the race card — again

Given the Coalition's attacks on Aborigines' and migrants' rights, and the formation of new extreme right parties such as Australia First, the results of a June 14-16 national poll on immigration provide further evidence of the progress being made by

When flying blind, it's best to fly slower

By Peter Montague For most of history, humans were so puny, compared to the rest of nature, that the speed of technological change didn't matter. But since 1945, humans have become a major force that nature must reckon with. Human activities now

An eloquent novel of war and human values

Novel Without a NameBy Duong Thu HuongTranslated by Phan Huy Duong and Nina McPhersonPicador, 1995. 289 pp., $16.95Reviewed by Brendan Doyle Author Duong Thu Huong was 21 when she led a Communist Youth Brigade to the most heavily bombarded front of

Write on: Letters to the editor

IR bill Section 170XA of Howard and Reith's industrial relations reform Bill guarantees some minimum conditions of employment, such as sick, recreation and long-service leave. It is not proposed, however, to continue with the retrenchment

DEETYA stop-work meetings in Victoria

By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — Victorian members of the Community and Public Sector Union working in the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs will attend stop-work meetings on June 25 to consider a motion to strike on June

Uranium mining increasing at Roxby Downs

By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — Western Mining Corporation is in the process of doubling the size of its mine at Olympic Dam in northern South Australia. Green Left Weekly spoke to Steve Baker from Friends of the Earth about the mine, the potential

and ain't i a woman? Another form of genocide

Another form of genocide The promotion of "population control" by governments, banks and many "aid" organisations has had a dire effect on great numbers of the world's women. In many Third World countries, "family planning" comes in the form of

New blows against jailed Russian eco-activist

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — One of the ugliest attacks on human rights in recent Russian history took an ominous turn on June 10, when imprisoned anti-nuclear campaigner Alexander Nikitin was denied bail, and his trial was handed over from a

Victory for South African gays

South African gays scored a coup when their country became the first to guarantee their rights in its constitution. Now they are gearing for a bigger fight: to change conservative attitudes. South Africa scored a world first by adopting a

Women's work on air

Women's Work, a six-part documentary series produced by Victorian women community radio workers, will go to air this month on radio 3CR in Melbourne and nationally through the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia satellite (COMRADSAT). The

Suharto dictatorship 'entering political crisis'

Suharto dictatorship 'entering political crisis' By James Balowski and Peter Boyle SYDNEY — According to Astika Anom, one of several Indonesian democratic activists attending the June 21-24 "East Timor: Its Future in the Asia Pacific"

Ok Tedi villagers force BHP back down

By Norm Dixon The long-running legal battle between BHP, majority owner of the Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) gold and copper mine in PNG's remote western highlands, and local land-holders, whose livelihoods have been severely affected by the 100,000