By Miriam Tramer
Most people outside Israel, especially the Palestinians, would see the closure of the occupied territories as an appalling disaster. Without a viable economy, the territories have been transformed into giant prison camps,
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By Michael Rafferty
The alternating cycles of drought and flood, scarcity and abundance, good seasons and bad, are part of the rhythms of rural life. But the current rural crisis is unlike any other since the 1930s depression.
Two events
Fred Hollows Foundation dinner
SYDNEY — The late Dr Fred Hollows, gravel-voiced, irreverent champion of people's right to see, always loved a good food and wine nosh-up with friends.
Following this tradition, the Australia Vietnam
Let slip the dogs of film
Reservoir Dogs
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
Coming soon to Kino, Melbourne
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
A pretty explosive first film by Quentin Tarantino, who may well fancy himself Scorsese's
Hunger strike seeks to save Penan
On April 15 Swiss rainforest activist Bruno Manser completed his 45th day of a hunger strike calling for a boycott of all imports of tropical timber from the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Manser shared the life
By Frank Noakes
BUDAPEST — East and central European Social Democratic parties met here on March 12-13 to discuss the problems confronting the region. "For the new Europe" was the latest in a series of conferences hosted by the Hungarian
In response to the rapidly worsening crisis in Cambodia, an appeal has been initiated urging the Australian government to take action to help avert the pending disaster.
Signers of the appeal include a range of individuals and organisations
By Monique Choy
The Nurrungar '93 action involved around 700 demonstrators making the long journey into the desert 400 km north-west of Adelaide over the Easter weekend. They included speakers from the Kokotha people (traditional custodians
Democrats
Workers rush up and down the granite stairs of the house being built for President Yeltsin and his administration on Ulitsa Osennaya 4 ...
"I have not worked on such a chic house in the 30 years I have been in the business",
Anti-Kennett rally for May 5
By Pip Hinman
MELBOURNE — Public sector unions are planning a rally on May 5 against the Kennett government's recent horror mini-budget. Among other cuts, it forecast the slashing of another 15,000 jobs and
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — As the April 25 referendum approaches, Russian President Boris Yeltsin's authority is crumbling in the country's provinces, regions and constituent republics. Already a persistent feature of Yeltsin's presidency,
By David Llewellyn
WOLLONGONG — Threatened industrial action by Public Sector Union members here in support of an unfairly dismissed fellow worker has forced DSS back to a Human Rights Commission hearing it had walked out of.
In July
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