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The nuclear threat

The nuclear threat The latest move, led by the French government, to consolidate and strengthen the world's nuclear weapons capability makes a mockery of the so-called New World Order. If this is indeed an era of diplomacy and negotiated peace,

Report on human rights abuses in Tibet

By Kath Davey A new report from Amnesty International, titled Persistent Human Rights Violations in Tibet, indicates that repression of dissent there has increased. Hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns, some of them child novices, are

International appeal

This week Â鶹ӳ»­ Weekly received a postcard from a subscriber. The card expressed the subscriber's concern that she hadn't received a copy of the paper for some time. The reason? She has moved to Japan, and wanted to know if we could send her

Uranium sales condemned

Uranium sales condemned By Anne Pavy PERTH — At a media conference on June 21, the Greens (WA), the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, People for Nuclear Disarmament and Christian Centre for Social Action condemned the

Labor, ACTU announce Accord VIII

By Chow Wei-Cheng In preparation for the federal elections, the ALP and ACTU have unveiled another Accord agreement. It promises a low inflation target (2-3% per year) in return for "safety net" pay increases totalling up to $50 per week by the

Write on

A prisoner's view As a prisoner in the planned to be closed Pentridge Prison in Melbourne, I found Catherine Gow's article "Prisons for Profit" (GLW, May 17) to be refreshingly honest and open as opposed to the uninformative white-washes with

Message to Vietnam forum

Message to Vietnam forum A Democratic Socialist Party forum in Sydney on June 6 celebrated the anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and discussed the lessons of the struggle against it. The following greetings to the forum were presented by

Anti-nuclear conference plans campaigns

By Anthony Benbow PERTH — A one-day "nuclear showdown" conference, focusing on anti-nuclear campaigning, was organised here on May 27 by People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND), the Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) and Critical

The well-meaning racist

The Color of Fear A film by Lee Mun Wah Reviewed by Chris McLean Arthur Tunstall's anti-Aboriginal jokes, National Action's anti-Asian campaigns and the widespread verbal abuse of Aboriginal footballers have been loudly condemned in the