By Dr Cathy Foley
The announcement by President Chirac that France will undertake a few quick nuclear weapon tests created a response in Australia that has taken many by surprise.
Since the end of the Cold War and the signing of
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By Peter Montague
Two important British scientific journals have published editorials calling for more research into environmental chemicals that may be harming the reproductive health and sexual development of men throughout the
Higher than Heaven: Japan, war and everything
By Tony Barrell and Rick Tanaka
Private Guy International: 1995. 304 pp., $35
Reviewed by Heidi Pegrem
"This book is called Higher than Heaven because that's where a lot of
Israeli peace movement material published
By Jennifer Thompson
Sydney's Australian-Jewish peace group, Shalom-Salaam, has returned to action, as the Israeli government blocks implementation of the peace accords with the PLO.
Rubber tappers protest against nuclear tests
BRASILIA — Around 300 rubber tappers and workers from the Brazilian rainforest protested on July 25 at the French embassy against the resuming of nuclear tests.
The demonstrators
Cuban blind school seeks support
By Liam Hazell
"Know about Cuba today", says Pilar Herrera, recently returned from a trip to Cuba.
Herrera has written several articles and interviews from her stay in Cuba.
The Royal Commission into the conflict over the Hindmarsh Island Bridge is currently under way in South Australia. Although an enormous amount of attention has been devoted to the beliefs of the Ngarrindjeri women, there has been no corresponding
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — In the coal-mining centre of Partizansk in the Maritime District of Russia's Far East, most miners go to work with nothing more than bread and sugar in their lunch boxes. From time to time, miners collapse on
Arguments for a New Left: Answering the Free Market Right
By Hilary Wainwright
Blackwell, 1994
Reviewed by Neville Spencer
Champions of the free market are on a wave of almost unprecedented self-confidence. Hilary Wainwright
Beyond Joy
Luz Acuna Aguayo in concert
Musical arrangements by Carlos Cordova Q.
August 12, 7.30pm
Petersham Town Hall, Sydney
Previewed by Lisa Macdonald
If you're a fan of the music and poetry inspired by the
Sophie's World: An Adventure in Philosophy
By Jostein Gaarder
Phoenix House, 1995. Distributed by Allen & Unwin
394 pp., $19.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Arun Pradhan
Who are you? Where does the world come from? From questions
Punch and Judy
"I tell you, John, it's getting harder and harder to get up in the morning. I keep asking myself, why bother? You do your best and you are always getting it in the neck."
"Rather you than me, Paul. Let's face it —
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