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Call for solidarity

Call for solidarity Roisin McAliskey, daughter of long-time Irish civil rights activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, was arrested in her home town of Coalisland in the north of Ireland in mid-November. After being held in Castlereagh Barracks in

Christabel Chamarette supports Racism No!

Christabel Chamarette supports Racism No! "Voting for Racism No! is more than symbolic", former WA Greens Senator Christabel Chamarette said in a statement on December 4. "It is a really tangible way to show politicians and governments that many

The Tarkine

By Cate Weate HOBART — The Tarkine wilderness, a 350,000-hectare area in north-west Tasmania, is the largest tract of cool temperate rainforest left in Australia and home to many endangered species, wild and scenic rivers, ancient cultural

and ain't i a woman?: Howard's Christmas present

Howard's Christmas present Back in dim dark history, when federal finance minister John Fahey was NSW premier, he distinguished himself by noticing a serious social problem: given the option, many women and children would rather live in emergency

The system sux

By Marina Cameron Ask any young person today what they think of society and their future and you will more than likely get a dissatisfied response. In 1995, a national survey found that the majority of young Australians expect a poorer quality

FSLN vows to continue struggle

By Stephen Marks MANAGUA — The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has dismissed challenges to Nicaragua's recent elections. On November 22 it formally declared Arnoldo Alemán the next president of Nicaragua and announced the composition of

The politicisation of crime in South Africa

DANIEL NINA works as a lawyer with the Community Peace Foundation in Cape Town. Born in Puerto Rico, Nina has spent the last six years in South Africa. He liaises closely with the ANC government's minister of justice on criminal law and the court

Learning to ask the right questions

Science, Nonscience and Nonsense: Approaching Environmental LiteracyBy Michael ZimmermanJohns Hopkins University Press, 1995. 217pp., $45 (hb)Reviewed by Dot Tumney Like lots of other material with this subtitle, this book discusses greenhouse, CFCs,

Residents oppose development at ADI St Marys site

By Sarah Harris and Alistair Dickinson PENRITH — For the last six years, residents have campaigned against the proposed large-scale development of housing and industry on the federal government's Australian Defence Industries (ADI) site at St

Correction

Correction In Bernie Brian's article "Mudginberri revisited" in GLW #257, we added a statement that the present federal treasurer, Peter Costello, was the bosses' barrister in that dispute. In fact, Costello represented the employers in a similar

It takes more than words to deconstruct capitalism

Comment by Doug Lorimer In my opinion, Greg Ogle's review of Katherine Gibson and Julie Graham's book The End of Capitalism in GLW #256 concedes far too much to the drivel of these "post-modernists". For example: lHe writes, "many on the left

Indonesian activists face possible death sentence

Indonesian activists face possible death sentence Indonesian democracy activists will shortly go on trial for their lives. The chief judge of the Central Jakarta court has announced that the trials of the People's Democratic Party (PRD)