Introducing Asian Studies — Political Economy in Postwar Eastern Asia — This series begins with a look at the differing policies and rates of growth in the region from China to Japan. Part one of a 13-part series. ABC Radio National, Friday, June
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By Lisa Macdonald
Iain Aitken, in "The use-value of postmodernism" (GLW May 25), falls squarely into the trap set by postmodernism which has caught so many, often well-intentioned, leftists before him. This is the illusion that postmodernism is
Anti-Shell campaigner arrested in Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa, leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) in Nigeria, was reported on May 26 to have been charged with the murder of four Ogoni elders. A representative of the
By Jon Land
Situated 4000 metres above sea level, amongst the glaciers and tropical alpine valleys of the central highlands of West Papua, is Indonesia's biggest and most controversial mine, the Freeport-McMoran copper and gold operation at
Blues, bluegrass and classical
Peculiaroso
Leo Kottke
BMG Records, Private Music Label
Reviewed by Jill Hickson
Leo Kottke, billed as one of the most innovative steel-string guitarist of all time, has produced an album of beautifully
Meeting focuses on juvenile justice
By Sean Healy
PERTH — Between 200 and 250 people packed the Social Science Lecture Theatre at the University of Western Australia on May 30 for a forum entitled "Juvenile Justice two years down the
Campaign aims to save Victorian ambulance services
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — Seventy people attended a public forum here on May 29 to discuss Victoria's ambulance service and work out ways of campaigning for improvements. The forum,
By Peta Bembrick and Rosemary Evans
SYDNEY — Why, in a city with unacceptable pollution problems, are we pumping still more pollutants into the air through an inefficient and irresponsible transport system? In Sydney 90% of commuters travel by
The following is slightly abridged from a statement issued by the African National Congress government of the province of PWV.
World Environment Day offers the new South Africa and our province the chance to address the pollution legacy of
Have you ever thought about who owns 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳? Did you think perhaps it might be part of the Packer stable, or the Murdoch empire? With practically every other newspaper or magazine in the country, if you answered that way, you'd probably be right.
By Anne Pavy
PERTH — The West Australian Forest Alliance (WAFA) and the Wilderness Society have decided to take direct action in an attempt to block the destruction of valuable forests. A blockade has been planned, which will start with a
Greenpeace delays missile tests
At the third attempt, the British Navy test fired a Trident nuclear missile for the first time from a submarine off the Florida coast on May 26. Two earlier attempts by the submarine, HMS Vanguard, to fire the
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