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Call for ban on mutant soybeans

Call for ban on mutant soybeans The Australian GeneEthics Network has called for a ban on US soybean imports contaminated with genetically engineered beans and herbicide residues. US multinationals Monsanto and Cargill want to import soya beans

Thai military back in the driving seat

By Chris Beale In Thailand's November 17 election the military, briefly sidelined by the May 1992 people's power uprising, was returned to power. Thailand has suffered 17 coups since 1932, when a weak, city-based bourgeois uprising to overthrow the

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education threatened by cuts

By Marina Cameron and Nick Soudakoff Despite the fact that some high-profile Aborigines have "made it" — become lawyers or got that PhD — the reality for most is that access to education and employment is limited, and will worsen as a result of

Knowledge through dialogue and liberation

The thought and work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire have revived education as a subversive force.

Thirty years on

By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — 1996 is the 30th anniversary of the Victorian College of the Arts' School of Film and Television (formerly Swinburne film school). Many of Australia's best known film-makers received their training at VCA/Swinburne,

Letter from the US: Half a million votes for Nader

Half a million votes for Nader By Barry Sheppard Ralph Nader, who ran for president on the Green Party ticket, received more than half a million votes, with more than 200,000 in California. This represented the most votes cast for a

Write on: Letters to the editor

Write on: Letters to the editor Rape trials I am writing about the article "Courts and injustice" by Jennifer Thompson (GLW #255). It concerns me that her criticism of rape trials (based on a government report) attacks the right to cross-examine

Pakistan's role in Afghan tragedy

By Asger Strodl Afghanistan has been at war with itself for over six years now. The internal conflict has destroyed much of what was left after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. More than a million civilians have been killed since 1978. More than 5

Loose cannons

Offensive? "I certainly won't be going to any of those discussions in any kind of defensive, anxious mode on that particular subject, far from it." — Prime Menzies John Howard, asked if the race "debate" in Australia made it necessary for him

Environment: Why cutting immigration won't help

By Lisa Macdonald Two weeks ago, the well-known environmentalist and spokesperson for Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population (AESP), Tim Flannery, won the prestigious Eureka award for his contribution to science's understanding

Paving the way for a Blair government

By Neil Murray Currently the opinion polls put Labour 18 points above the Tories. With the Tories beset by allegations of corruption and deeply divided over Europe, it is difficult to see them being able to turn this situation around by the time of

Victorian teachers vote for industrial action

By Mary Merkenich and Norrian Rundle MELBOURNE — Four thousand angry teachers defeated the Australian Education Union leadership's attempt to exclude industrial action from a campaign to stop school closures at a stop-work meeting on November 21.