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Young environmentalists organise

By Alex Bainbridge SYDNEY — Young environmentalists from all over Australia gathered in Sydney to attend Environmental Youth Alliance's fifth national conference on April 5. The conference was opened by eminent environmentalists Susan George

Female circumcision: a question of human rights

By Kath Gelber Female circumcision, more correctly called female genital mutilation, is a crime against women. It occurs in Sahelian Africa, in Arab states, parts of Asia, and in migrant families in Europe, North America and Australia. The

Sowing the seeds of civil war in Kenya

By Ndungi Wa Mungai Kenya could be the next country to explode into civil war. This is the conclusion of a detailed study by the US-based Africa Watch on the current state-sponsored inter-ethnic violence. At the time of the report in

Of love and loss

Especially on Sunday The Blue Dog Both directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci Snow on Fire Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana At the Dendy, Martin Place, from April 21 Reviewed by Pip Hinman "You're single and lonely. Get yourself a wife or

FMLN women in legislature

By Margaret Gleeson SAN SALVADOR — Four women former comandantes are among the FMLN deputies elected on March 20. They are Lorena Pena Mendosa (Rebecca Palacios), Ana Guadalupe Martinez, Nidia Diaz and Norma Guevara. Speaking to Green

Election manifesto of the ANC

Printed here are major excerpts from the election manifesto of the African National Congress for South Africa's first democratic election. On 27 April, for the first time in our history, all of us will stand tall and proud as equal citizens in

How the CIA operates in El Salvador

Andres Perez is an ex-member of the CCS (Central Campesina Salvadorena), a peasant organisation affiliated to the CGT (Confederacion General de Trabajadores — General Workers Confederation). He fled El Salvador after the general secretary of the

Congress on politics of cancer

Congress on politics of cancer SYDNEY — A major international congress examining alternative treatments for cancer will open here on Friday, April 15. According to the organisers, Independent Medical Research, the World Congress on Cancer

Bougainville fighting continues

Bougainville fighting continues By Frank Enright The Bougainville Interim Government has moved to clear up any misunderstanding over comments by its United Nations representative, Mike Forster. Forster, in an interview with NBC radio, was

Coxsedge calls for Cuba solidarity

Coxsedge calls for Cuba solidarity By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Cuba has done so much for the world community, now is the time for the progressive movement to speak out in support of Cuba, Joan Coxsedge told a public forum here on March 27.

Radio highlights

International Playhouse — Against the Wind — By Shirley Gee. The story of Hannah Snell, an 18th century hero, who, dressed as a man, joined the marines in a vain attempt to trace her missing husband. After gallantly serving in action for seven

ALP left protest succeeds

SYDNEY — Four hundred Australian Labor Party left-wingers protested outside a meeting of the party's administrative committee meeting here on April 8; they were demanding the reinstatement of rank and file preselection ballots for two safe Sydney