On December 30, two Brookline (Boston), Massachusetts, reproductive health clinics suffered the cold-blooded murders of two women. The women fatally shot were 25-year-old Shannon Lowney and 38-year-old Lee Ann Nichols, who worked as receptionists for
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Sustaining Our Forests
By Kara Joss
1994. 121 pp. $15
Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald
Sustaining Our Forests is a much needed and very useful resource for both the novice and the well informed on forest conservation in Australia. The product of
Political prisoners in Chile
By Monica Chiappe
After a year of investigation, the Chilean section of the International Association Against Torture (IAAT) has evidence that the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of political prisoners
CANBERRA – Our world is in crisis. The world's resources are mined in an unsustainable way, more and more of arable land is becoming unproductive, the climate of the earth is under threat and the distance between rich and poor is increasing inside each country and between countries.
The Nama Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) of Sri Lanka was formed in 1977 by people who were a faction within the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). In the 1960s the LSSP had a very large base within the working class and among peasants. However, during its
ADELAIDE — On February 8 members of Sydney's campaign against the third runway treated people in Rundle Mall to tape recordings of aircraft noise as part of a national tour to highlight how intolerable the noise is. The demonstration aimed to
Hobart anti-woodchipping meeting
By Rebecca Meckelburg
HOBART — A "Stand up for the Forests" public meeting called by the Wilderness Society on February 7 attracted more than 900 people. While only 400 could squeeze into the hall, another
No exceptions
"Anything is available to be sold if the price is right." — Ron Ward, general manager of TNT Harbourlink, which owns the Sydney monorail, on suggestions that the eyesore might be removed by government.
Read my intentions
"We
By Kim Moody
With the support of many pro-labour Democrats, Congress overwhelmingly ratified the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the new worldwide free trade agreement.
One reason for the big Democratic "yes" vote was that,
Reprinted here are parts of a faxed letter to Matthew J. James, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geology at Sonoma State University in California. It was sent by Macarena Green, a biologist now in the Galapagos Islands. The islands,
End woodchipping
The "Independent Environment Coalition" has sprung up in Byron Bay, with local action on major environmental policy.
Convenor and film-maker, Bob Cummins, wants to see big changes in economic policies to rescue farmland and
By Jennifer Thompson
You could be excused for not knowing it, but the ACTU has some policy positions that are relevant and useful in the current debate about woodchipping. Sadly, the peak union body is being unusually reticent about expressing
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