By Phil Hearse LONDON 鈥 The February 15 publication of the report into the "arms for Iraq" scandal revealed what everyone already knew. In defiance of UN guidelines, Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s, and then John Major's in the 1990s,
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By Sean Healy If the dramatic ending of the Irish Republican Army's cease-fire on February 9 was aimed at breaking the 14-month deadlock in the Northern Irish peace process, it has certainly succeeded. But now the British government looks poised to
By Nikki Ulasowski WOLLONGONG 鈥 Fifty women attended the year's first women's collective meeting at Wollongong University. The meeting discussed ideas of what the collective should be and what campaigns should be organised. Ideas flowed, such as
By Chris Raab The four 1995 editors of the La Trobe University student paper Rabelais are being threatened with six years' jail and a possible $72,000 fine each. An increasing number of students in Victoria are being arrested and charged with a
Pesticide threat to farmers' children Children of agricultural families are at risk of exposure to multiple pesticides in potentially hazardous concentrations, according to a study recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal
The Doom GenerationStarring Jonathon Schaech, Rose McGowan, James DuvalDirected by Greg ArakiScreens from March 21Sydney: Verona Cinema, PaddingtonMelbourne: George Cinema's and variousReviewed by Natasha Simons If you liked Pulp Fiction, you'll also
Thousands of people from around Australia took to the streets in rallies, marches and festivals to mark International Women's Day last week. From Perth, Julia Perkins reports that 350 people attended a rally and noisy march around Northbridge on
By Lisa Macdonald Despite the large number of small progressive parties and independents contesting the federal elections on March 2, the vote for these alternatives was relatively low. The Australian Democrats, promoted by the establishment media
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW 鈥 International outrage is spreading following the February 6 arrest of Russian environmental activist Alexander Nikitin on charges of "betraying the motherland by espionage". A former naval captain, Nikitin was employed in
President Ernesto Samper of Colombia is struggling to hold on to power amidst increasing evidence that his 1994 election campaign was financed by the drug cartels. LUIS AUGUSTO GARC脥A GUERERO of the Camilista Union 鈥 National Liberation Army
By Neil Eveleigh BRISBANE 鈥 ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) hosted a forum at the Resistance Centre on February 29 on "East Timor and Australian foreign policy". The forum included speakers from the Australian Democrats,
By Norman Solomon The news should have caused a national uproar. In a decision with momentous implications, the new World Trade Organisation ruled that the US law known as the Clean Air Act is unacceptable because of restrictions it places on
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