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A dazed and confused look at corporate journalism

Into the Buzzsaw: Leading journalists expose the myth of a free pressEdited by Kristina BorjessonPrometheus, 2004453 pages REVIEW BY SIMON TAYLER "I have sympathy for friends who work in the corporate media. It's a terrible burden to be setting

How Cuba survived its oil shock

The Power of Community, How Cuba Survived Peak OilDVD and VHS, 53 minutes$US20, Available from <http://www.communitysolution.org> REVIEW BY BARRY HEALY "Peak oil", the notion that the world's supply of oil is entering a period of ever

Students stop defence department meeting

Simon Cunich, Sydney Students inflicted a small blow to the Australian military machine on July 18 when they stopped a department of defence briefing at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). The defence department was on campus to promote

Victoria's renewable energy quotas: how much is enough?

Ben Courtice Victoria's Labor government announced on July 17 a plan to increase the share of renewable energy generation in the state from 4% to 10% of total energy production by 2016. Under the plan, companies that sell electricity to the

LEBANON: Behind the rise of Hezbollah: Two decades of Israeli occupation

Michael Karadjis Israel and its apologists claim that Israel's brutal terrorisation of the Lebanese people is an act of self-defence following a cross-border raid by the Lebanese organisation Hezbollah, which captured two Israeli soldiers. However,