In mid-1993, with little fanfare, 1680 scientists from 49 countries signed and published a "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity." Of these 1680 scientists, 104 were Nobel prize winners. Below, we print the text of their warning. Publication of the
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Burn Witch Burn — A comedy. John is entering a spectacular float in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. He is keeping it secret from flatmate Matthew, who has gone all right wing and paranoid. Rani discovers the giant float in the bathroom, disguised
by Hannah Friedman
Ahmad Ibrahim Sa'id, engineering student at Birzeit University and Hamas activist, stood before his interrogators. They announced, "We've taken off the gloves. We're acting on an explicit order from Prime Minister Rabin to
Police freed in abduction of Aboriginal children
By Mick White
BRISBANE — Magistrate Robert Quinlan on February 24 dismissed charges against six police who had previously admitted to abducting and terrorising three Aboriginal children.
By Norm Dixon
DETROIT — Walking along Michigan Avenue is a depressing experience. Forget the glitz and glamour on TV: this is the real United States. One of the Motor City's main thoroughfares, Michigan Avenue is symbolic of the crisis of US
By Stephen Marks
HAVANA — Famous for its support of armed struggle in the 1960s and 1970s, the Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) recently held an international meeting in Havana on the theme
Youth rights attacked in NSW law
By Nick Soudakoff
SYDNEY — The state government's juvenile crime legislation is facing intense opposition from youth and welfare groups. The legislation allows police to detain people under 16 on
SA girls' education under threat
By Philippa Stanford
ADELAIDE — One hundred people attended a meeting on February 16 to protest against the proposed closure of Port Adelaide Girls High School (PAGHS) at the end of 1995. The announcement
By David Mizon
MELBOURNE — The management of Caltex's Kurnell refinery launched an attack on wages and conditions in April 1994 with glossy brochures and a gaggle of US managers.
Since then, process operators, members of the AWU state
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Coal miners in Russia are moving toward an all-out confrontation with the government following a massive one-day warning strike on February 8.
The first all-Russian stoppage to be organised jointly by the
Meeting discusses woodchipping
By Liam Mitchell
WOLLONGONG — A public meeting at the Resistance Centre on February 18 was told of distortions by the media and the timber industry in the debate over woodchipping of old growth forests.
From the brontosaurus's mouth
"The ACTU secretary, Mr Bill Kelty, has warned that unions are doomed in Australia unless they stop being big bureaucratic organisations and get closer to both members and new recruits." — Sydney Morning Herald,
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