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Latin American educators meet in Cuba

By Tom Griffiths Havana — Some 5000 educators from all over Latin America, including school teachers, academics and Ministry personnel, attended the biannual educational conference in Cuba, "Pedagogia 95", February 6-10. Co-Sponsored by

Loose cannons

Or whatever you're having "Yeltsin: drunk with power" — Headline in the Sydney Morning Herald. Must be a big demand for that "Mr Yeltsin is increasingly consulting astrologers and other mystic healers, including a bizarre 'channeller of

Write on: letters to the editor

Australian Greens An article on privatisation by me in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ #174 described me as acting Secretary of the Territory Greens. While that appellation was correct at the time of writing it should be made clear that since then I have resigned

Japanese whalers hunting in sanctuary

Japanese whalers hunting in sanctuary Greenpeace has caught the Japanese whaling fleet hunting whales in the newly created Antarctic whale sanctuary. The crew aboard the MV Greenpeace found the fleet in the Southern Ocean for the third time

Review admits crisis in Aboriginal health

By Chris Martin Released last week, the federal government's review of its five-year National Aboriginal Health Strategy has added more detail to the picture emerging from various state studies of a permanent and deepening Aboriginal health

On the box

Paris is Burning — Award-winning documentary that examines the art of "voguing" and its origins in the black and Latino gay communities of the United States. ABC TV, Friday, February 24, 1am. Actively Radical TV — Community television's

Workcover rally blocks Adelaide streets

By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Thousands of workers marched through the city on February 15 to express their frustration and anger at the Brown Liberal government's proposed changes to the workers' compensation scheme, Workcover. The

Environmentalists 'must relate to workers'

Environmentalists 'must relate to workers' By Anthony Benbow PERTH — 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly spoke to Bill Ethell, secretary of the Construction, Mining, Energy, Timberyard, Sawmillers and Woodworkers Union (WA CFMEU) about the woodchipping

Woodchipping: Who profits? Who pays?

By Bruce Marlowe What are the real economics of Australia's woodchipping industry? Answering this apparently simple question is no simple matter, because much of the corporate data is secret, and vital government information has been declared

Hypocrisy on refugees

Hypocrisy on refugees Targeted at Indo-Chinese refugees, recent amendments to the legislation covering Australia's migrant intake smack of hypocrisy and disregard for human rights. In response to the arrival of several hundred

They also serve

They also serve Clerks Written and directed by Kevin Smith Opening in March at the Kino, Melbourne Reviewed by Chantal Wynter and Kelly Jean Clerks is a hilarious film by 24-year-old first time director Kevin Smith. Based on the

Prostitution debated in South Australia

By Penny Saunders Decriminalisation of prostitution continues to be debated in the South Australian parliament, and it is expected that this issue will gain momentum in the coming weeks. On February 9 Mark Brindal, a Liberal backbencher,