Brandon Astor Jones
Re your column "Looking out" by Brandon Astor Jones, a death row prisoner in Georgia, U.S.A. You may not be aware that Brandon has been imprisoned for over 14 years and during all that time he has not seen any member of his
-
-
MELBOURNE — The battle to save Richmond Secondary College (RSC) was a hard fought and militant campaign, one of the strongest actions against Kennett's attacks on community living standards since he came to office.
-
On January 24 a jury in Virginia found Lorena Bobbitt not guilty of "malicious wounding" because of "temporary insanity". After years of abuse, Lorena cut off her husband's penis. She will be held in a mental institution for 45
-
Keepers and the keptOften, when you read about the kept, what is written will have been presented by someone who has a vested interest in suppressing the truth about the keepers. For a refreshing change, let's
-
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Indonesia's
-
Genetic engineering (GE) is now being introduced for conventional food processing industries. This includes both the manufacturing process, such as fermentation, and the production of designer or novel foods. It's
-
On January 16, despite a last minute back-down by the French government and a wet, cold winter's day, an estimated 1 million people poured into the streets of Paris to support public education. Thousands more missed out on the
-
GENEVA, January 18 (WHO) — More than 30% of the world's under-five-year-old children — about 192 million in all — are still malnourished and underweight, according to a World Health Organisation report. More than two-thirds of those
-
Women aren't news Is it my imagination, or do threats to men's bodies, fertility or reproductive capacity generate far more sympathy and interest than when the subject is a woman? First, there's the by now infamous case of John Wayne
-
In the old days, we're told, the headlines of Direct Action (a precursor of 91̳) were laid out with letraset. This was all very well until midnight on production night, when someone ran out of 'e's. Then ensued a frantic scramble while the
-
The depletion of the ozone layer is a problem of our own making and potentially under our control. When we look at the seriousness of the problem, however, it's clear that governments are still approaching it in a half-hearted
-
Ozone depletion in the stratosphere, a layer of the atmosphere that extends from 10 to 50 kilometres above the earth's surface, is caused by the presence of chlorine and bromine. These are released by industrially produced
-
Open Learning: International Politics — an Australian perspective — Cold War and the Wave of Democracy in the Third world looks at the Reagan doctrine in the Third World, which sought to roll back Soviet influence. The program looks at whether
-
Two out of three Australians will develop skin cancer over their lifetime. This is the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world, and it is increasing. Recent figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show a
News
-
Invasion Day march in BrisbaneBRISBANE — Several hundred people marched on January 26 to commemorate the invasion of Australia. The march followed controversy in the media over the move by Premier Wayne Goss to have
-
SYDNEY — The International 91̳ Conference, to be held at the University of New South Wales from April 1 to 4, is drawing unprecedented interest and enthusiasm from both local and international activists in the
-
More than 10,000 Kooris and their supporters gathered at Survival '94 in Sydney on Invasion Day, Jan 26th, to celebrate Aboriginal culture and struggle. The day-long event brought performers and participants from all over Australia. The range of
-
Amen "Kennett looks like he should have been on drugs." — Victorian Labor MLA Neil Cole, scoring a telling point in the debate on legalisation of marijuana. Popular non-government A New Zealand opinion poll in early January asked voters to
-
Solidarity conference a success Mick Houlbrook PERTH — A conference held by the newspaper Solidarity here on January 23 was a resounding success. More than 50 people attended the one day event, entitled "Issues and action". The first
-
First Bougainvillean accorded refugee statusSYDNEY — The threat of imprisonment, rape and possible murder has been lifted from a Bougainvillean stranded in Australia with the outbreak of war on her island. On the verge
-
MELBOURNE — The Victoria Police are undertaking a six-month trial of a controversial chemical weapon. The police claim it's a non-lethal weapon for subduing violent criminals, but courts in the US, where the chemical is used,
-
'Health risk' from Telecom tower ADELAIDE — Henley Beach residents are being "kept in the dark" over proposals to construct a six-metre telecommunications structure (for mobile phone services) on the roof of the Western Community Hospital.
-
Wilderness Society blockades forestsHOBART — The Wilderness Society (TWS) blockaded a new logging road in Tasmania's southern forests from January 24 to 26. Public attention was focused on the action when ALP Senator
-
Concerns at 'Vampire' Project Aboriginal people in Central Australia have learned of an international scientific proposal to take blood and hair samples from indigenous people in Australia. The director of the Central Australian Aboriginal
-
MELBOURNE — The campaign to save Northland Secondary College from the Kennett government's cuts has taken a new turn with the announcement on Monday, January 24, that the school would not reopen for the start of the school year.
-
ROSEBERY, Tasmania — Amid the backslapping from pundits that Tasmania's economy has turned the corner, giant paper-maker Amcor is to retrench 300 employees. The retrenchments are part of a national package to sack 500 from its
-
Frank Hardy Frank Hardy, novelist, political activist and campaigner for Aboriginal rights, died of a heart attack at his home in the Melbourne suburb of North Carlton on Friday, January 28, aged 76. As a writer, Hardy was probably best
Analysis
-
War by other means "America's ignoble isolation of Vietnam for the defeat it sustained in the Vietnam war is coming to an end — and not before time." responded the Australian editorial to the news that the US Senate had voted on January 28 to
World
-
New Zealand Alliance supports Cuba A call by US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson for the US government to end its illegal economic blockade of Cuba has been echoed in New Zealand by Alliance international affairs spokesperson Matt Robson.
-
BADDEGAMA SAMITHA is a member of the Central Committee of the New Socialist Party (NSSP) in Sri Lanka. In Sydney in early January to attend the conference of the Democratic Socialist Party, he was interviewed by REIHANA MOHIDEEN. Could you
-
The elections "of the century", as they are being called in El Salvador, are just two months away. The political parties had to present their final list of candidates for the presidential, legislative and municipal elections by
-
Two million hectares of rainforest at risk On January 24, the Ecuadorian government opened 10 new rainforest blocks to oil development. The Quito-based environmental organisation, Accion Ecologica, has requested that faxes be sent to the
-
Some six months ago, Irish people and those around the world who wish for and work towards peace in Ireland were astounded to find that the leader of the Social Democratic Labour Party, John Hume, Westminster MP, and Gerry Adams,
-
International appeal for CubaOn February 12, a rally demanding an end to the US blockade of Cuba will be held in New York City. Silvio Rodriquez, the world famous Cuban singer will attend, and preparations are now well under
-
MOSCOW — Asked in a recent survey who really wielded power in Russia, more than 50% of respondents reportedly ticked "the mafia". Facetiousness? Or an accurate perception of the kind of people now rising to wealth and
-
Mexico donates school pads for Cuban children HAVANA — The Mexican government has donated three million note pads for school children in Cuba. A Mexican official in Havana, Cristina de la Garza, says the donation will help to support Cuba's
-
The following appeal was issued by intellectuals and independent radio "Studio 99" in Sarajevo. Studio 99 is a multi-ethnic station that seeks to promote democracy, peace and progressive causes. Stand up, friends, raise your voices, call upon
-
NEW YORK — Greenpeace on January 17 released a report documenting Britain's diversion of other countries' commercial plutonium into its nuclear weapons program. The Greenpeace report, "Sellafield and the Bomb: Civil Plutonium in the UK
-
ZAGREB — ARKzin (the name is a compound of two abbreviations — ARK for Anti War Campaign and zin for fanzine) is the monthly newspaper of Antiwar Campaign Croatia (AWC). Between September 1991 and May
-
By Jana D.K. JAKARTA — In late December, controversy erupted here after it was reported that the Portuguese newspaper Publico had printed a letter by jailed Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao in which he requested that the Portuguese government
-
NZ: Alliance support increasesIn the weeks following the November 6 general election, which radically changed the shape of New Zealand politics, support for the 20,000-strong progressive coalition, the Alliance, climbed
-
This summary of developments relating to the death penalty was compiled by Amnesty International. Jamaica On November 2, 1993, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London (which remains the final court of appeal for 16
-
A leading member of the Green Party of California, HANK CHAPOT, says the that the pendulum of debate in the United States has swung away from the far right of the political spectrum, where it had rested under former presidents Reagan and Bush.
-
Puerto Rican nationalist radiated, says family SAN JUAN — The family of Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, a principal Puerto Rican independence figure of this century, is demanding that the US admit to torturing Campos by radiation.
Culture
-
Beat the Border Geoffrey Oryema Real World through Larrikin Entertainment Reviewed by Norm Dixon "African music" and "World music" are wholly inadequate terms to describe Geoffrey Oryema's beautifully crafted album. Lazy or ignorant record
-
Labour movement historySocial History of Australia Enterprises (SHAPE), based in Queensland, and Leftpress are selling bonds to finance the reprinting of Dawn To Dusk — Reminiscences of a Rebel by Ernie Lane.
-
Women and technology A documentary by the Australian Women's Broadcasting Co-Operative for Radio National's Coming Out Show in March will examine the work practices and ethics of computer and technology-oriented industries and networks from a
-
Family life in New York City Falsettos Sydney Theatre Company Drama Theatre, Opera House, to March 5 Directed by Wayne Harrison Music and lyrics by William Finn Reviewed by Graham Matthews In this "Year of the Family", Falsettos
-
Witness An exhibition by Marija Zrno February 1-6, in the crypt of St Mary's Cathedral St Mary's Rd, Sydney Reviewed by Jasmina Bajraktarevic This is a confronting exhibition of images from the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina.
-
Agriculture, Environment and Society — Contemporary issues for Australia Edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Frank Vanclay and Brian Furze Macmillan Australia. 337 pp. $32.95 Reviewed by Dave Riley When Dorothea MacKellar put her patriotic
-
Messengers of the Gods: Tribal Elders Reveal the Ancient Wisdom of the Earth By James Cowan Vintage Australia. 209 pp., $17 Reviewed by Dave Riley If you have fished Port Phillip Bay this message is clear: When the tea-trees are blooming,
-
The Temple By Louis Nowra Sydney Theatre Company Wharf Theatre to February 12 Reviewed by Helen Jarvis. Sydney Theatre Company has kicked off its 1994 season with a powerful comedy about the venality of capitalism. Louis Nowra has
-
Taming of the Great South Land — A history of the conquest of Nature in Australia By William J. Lines Allen and Unwin. 337 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Dave Riley When you fly the east coast of Australia on a window seat, you look down on a