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ACT toys with cannabis reform

ACT toys with cannabis reform By Rebecca Collerson Reform to drug laws in the ACT, enacted on November 30, which allows legal cannabis consumption for those suffering from certain illnesses, is likely to be reversed following an outcry from

Renewable hero

Renewable hero Home Spearhead EMI Music Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes Michael Franti, hip-hop artist formerly from the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, has released Home with his new band Spearhead. Franti, together with vocalist Mary

Year 5

This is the last issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly that will be published in 1994. With this issue, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ completes its fourth year of independent, progressive and professional production. This is a feat that we should all be proud of: those of us who

Suzuki, Ehrlich at alternative energy conference

By Graham Matthews SYDNEY — The University of New South Wales was the setting for the public day of the 32nd annual conference of the Australia New Zealand Solar Energy Society on December 3. The keynote speakers were prominent

Victorian actions against woodchipping

Victorian actions against woodchipping By Rachel Evans MELBOURNE — Two actions were held in Victoria on December 9 against renewal of 10 woodchipping licences. One action, at the woodchipping mill in Eden, was organised by the Wilderness

Poem: Pleasures

Poem: Pleasures By Walter Jones Visiting the toilet To read. Eating In company. Drinking wine. Good comedy This newspaper and Dialectics. How pleasing it is To change the world. In my need To There is freedom.

Auschwitz Admonishes

Auschwitz Admonishes em= By Denis Kevans ["Auschwitz admonishes" — Pope John Paul II] "Auschwitz admonishes" Pope John Paul says it's so, "Auschwitz admonishes", The Popentate says so. And Maidanek's a caution, I'm sure

Action updates

ADELAIDE — Both a December 7 rally of more than 100 people opposing the occupation of East Timor by Indonesia, and an East Timor independence dinner of a similar size held on December 3, heard Fatima Gusmao speak about the struggle for justice and

An elusive peace for Palestine

NABIHA MORKUS is a Palestinian member of Women in Black and secretary in Tel Aviv of Democratic Women, which, like Women in Black, includes both Jewish and Arab women. VIVIENNE PORZSOLT interviewed her for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly. How did you come to

The changing face of Central America

The Pacification of Central America: Political Change in the Isthmus, 1987-1993 By James Dunkerley Verso, 1994. $34.95 Reviewed by Neville Spencer In Central America the 1980s were dominated by civil wars, with casualties numbering into

Workers Party left analyses setback in Brazil

Following its narrow defeat in Brazil's 1989 presidential elections the Workers Party (PT) believed that outright victory in 1994 was possible. But though the PT significantly increased its initial vote in comparison with 1989, it was not enough to

Row over banning of magazine

Row over banning of magazine By Brendan Greenhill BRISBANE — The Queensland Department of Consumer Affairs has refused distribution of the December issue of the lifestyle magazine Simply Living. The department has banned the magazine