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Hinchinbrook: what next?

Hinchinbrook: what next? By Virginia Young The Wilderness Society, together with a coalition of local and national environment groups, is leading a vigorous campaign to stop development of a large-scale resort, real estate subdivision and

Pop fodder

Pop fodder Forest For the TreesCarl StephensonUniversal Music Review by James Smith This 12-track album is produced, recorded, engineered, arranged and mixed by hip-hop guru Carl Stephenson. Stephenson's credentials are immaculate. One of

Little help for West Papuan drought victims

By Linda Kaucher President Suharto is refusing to declare West Papua a disaster area despite calls from within his own government to do so. More than 400 people have died from the drought, mainly in the Jayawijaya highlands district, adjacent to

The politics of men's movements

Men & sexual politics: Towards a profeminist practiceBy Bob PeaseDulwich Centre Publications, 1997. 178 pp., $32 Review by Barry Healy I approached this book with a little trepidation. My fear was that it might be some sort of wanky, New Age

Left students to push campaigning at NUS conference

By Sean Healy A plan for campaigning against the privatisation of higher education and against racism, and support for International Women's Day are some of the proposals that the socialist youth organisation Resistance will be taking to this

Lone Gunman kicks off radical video festival

By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — How can a psychotic hit man redeem himself? Knocking off Pauline Hanson might be a good start. Lone Gunman Theory is a fast, reckless, feature-length no-budget video which follows the exploits of a lone nihilist with

'Certainty' still there for the big landholders

'Certainty' still there for the big landholders By Chris Spindler Confidence in the value and profitability of land clearly remains strong in the eyes of big property holders, despite claims from the National Farmers Federation and the

US activists calls for protests if US attacks Iraq

On November 11, the International Action Centre called for demonstrations in San Francisco, New York and other cities should the Pentagon launch a military attack on Iraq. The IAC has just sent a delegation to Iraq, led by former Attorney General

Island residents support ferry strike

By Tony Iltis HOBART — On November 14, as tenders closed for the privatisation of the vehicular ferry that provides the only link between Bruny Island and mainland Tasmania, a strike and picket by ferry workers ended its seventh day. Nine

I Take Solace in History

I Take Solace in History I take solace in history.I could have been a galley salve,sold on the auction block,spiked by the Maidenhung, drawn and quartered,damned in the convict dock;gassed by Nazis, disembowelled by Huns,put to the stake by the

Palestinian hunger striker protests detention

Palestinian hunger striker protests detention By Adam Hanieh RAMALLAH — Palestinian prisoner, Itaf Alayan, has entered the third week of a hunger strike in the Israeli prison, Neve Tirza. Her hunger strike entered a critical stage last

Student movement: why we need to discuss strategy

Comment by Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — On October 20, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology decided to proceed with the implementation of up-front fees. The decision ignores the recent referendum in which 10,431 students and staff, 80% of