[The author, ALAN WALD, travelled to Haiti in July on behalf of the Washington Office on Haiti as part of a civilian observer delegation to investigate human rights abuses.]
On September 30, 1991, Lt General Raol Cedras overthrew democratically
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By Ignatius Kim
Waiting outside the interview room at the offices of Polygram, I can hear roaring guffaws within. "They're viewing their video clips", I'm told.
Tiddas — an Aboriginal word for sisters — are a band that don't take
El Salvador
Our people, after a tough and heroic struggle have achieved peace in El Salvador, with the signing of an important round of agreements that have changed our situation, and despite the difficulties, it has only been necessary to fight
Reclaim the Night in Darwin
DARWIN — Speakers from the East Timorese community, the Aboriginal community and the university women's collective addressed the Reclaim the Night rally on October 29. The theme of the rally, organised by the Ruby Gaea
Big business responds
"Richard Court sets off alone on his risky Mabo path" ran the editorial in the November 5 issue of the West Australian.
Reflecting the concerns of a section of big business that believes a better approach would be a
By Lara Pullin
CANBERRA — ACT chief medical officer Dr Cathy Mead told a gathering of concerned parents and health care practitioners at a forum held here on October 23 that modern immunisation practices were in effect a giant human
By Jorge Sotirios
CANBERRA — A slab of wood lies deep within the reddest of fibres of a beer-aged carpet. Amidst the remains of mud-encrusted boot marks and months-old spittle, a man is drawn towards it. He touches it and his eyes light up.
By Sophie Wilson
SYDNEY — In the aftermath of an alleged "riot" at Tempe last month, the state Police Association is calling for the introduction of special "mob squads". Gary Dunne from the association's executive board argued that the police
By Margaret Wilson
CARDWELL — There used to be a time when concerned citizens worried about government disregard for the environmental impact of mega-developments. And about favours done in return for "brown paper bags" passed under tables by
Comment by Doug Everingham
Hume's Pasteur Exposed is faulty if Rob McKinnon-Lower quotes it rightly (GLW, October 20). Pasteur did not plagiarise from Bechamp's . Partridge's Origins derives microbe from mikros small bios life, and the
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers (SAIT) has endorsed the union's president, Clare McCarty, as an "Education Independent" for the state elections on December 11. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to McCarty about
By Sean Malloy
At least 65% of Palestinians in the occupied territories support the Palestinian-Israeli accords, according to the Centre for Palestinian Research and Studies.
The figures are based on a survey carried out by the centre in
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