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US environmentalists oppose GATT WASHINGTON, D.C. — US environmental groups have announced their opposition the Uruguay Round Agreement of GATT because it lacks measures to protect the environment and promotes policies that will contribute to
Grosby workers demand jobs By Ray Fulcher and Rachel Evans MANILA — A picket of workers retrenched by the Australian-owned company Grosby GTP Footwear has been encamped outside the factory in southern Manila since losing their jobs on
By Francesca Davidson Across the country young environmentalists have begun organising World Environment Day. On June 5 a variety of activities are planned to highlight the need for community action for environmental justice. June 5 was
Jervis Bay victory By Jon Land The federal government announced on April 20 that it will not go ahead with plans to relocate the East Coast Armament Complex (ECAC) at Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast. The state government has also proposed
A Season Inside God's Bunker: The Story of the Hebron Massacre By Micha Peled SBS TV, Tuesday, May 3, 8.30pm (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Nikolai Haddad This documentary is a chilling look at life in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba,
DSS staffing dispute Robert Johnson BRISBANE — The ongoing dispute over jobs in Social Security looks set to escalate. Management has unveiled plans to axe jobs in a number of offices in Queensland. Twenty-four jobs have been
Where the Boys are: Cuba, Cold War America and the Making of a New Left By Van Gosse Verso, 1993. 270 pp., $49.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon On January 1, 1959, the Batista-Mafia alliance that ran Cuba fell under the weight of its own
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress' ambitious Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP) — the cornerstone of its election campaign — would be funded in part by major cuts in military spending and the nuclear
NSW forest assessment challenged The North East Forest Alliance has strongly criticised the April 14 announcement that the NSW State Forests environmental impact statement program will be "upgraded". NEFA described this as a token attempt to
GLOW backs ANC JOHANNESBURG — The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witswatersrand (GLOW), one of South Africa's two main gay and lesbian rights groups, has endorsed the African National Congress in the elections. GLOW activist Simon Nkosi
By Emma Webb (Continuation of a debate) Diana Evans (91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, April 13) says that in my earlier article I put the environment at the end of what she refers to as a wish list of human needs (health care, education etc). Contrary to this, she
By Peter Montague The David and Goliath battle of the century is shaping up over a synthetic hormone called rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) that was approved by federal officials in February for use in milk cows in the US. David is