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West Papuan landowner seeks Australian help

Following recent reports of human rights abuses at the Indonesian Freeport copper mine, West Papuan traditional landowner John Ondawame on September 1 called on Prime Minister Paul Keating to withdraw commercial privileges from the US-owned mining

The future according to Hollywood

WaterworldStarring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino and Michael JetnerDirected by Kevin ReynoldsReviewed by Barry Healy By now everybody knows the publicity albatross Waterworld carries around its neck: that it's the

Looking out: Stereotyping

Imagine being arrested for no other reason than the fact that you are a woman. That sums up what happened to Debra Di Censo. The 29-year old amateur bodybuilder was placed under arrest because she wanted to do her work-out in the men's weight room at

Moruroa: the cover-up begins

By Pip Hinman Despite well-documented and widespread evidence linking nuclear explosions to health and environmental problems, there is a growing campaign to play down the impact of the underground tests at Moruroa atoll. A series of reports

Loose cannons

There's always the dole "They wouldn't be working with me if they weren't happy." — Horse trainer Gai Waterhouse, replying to claims by the Australian Workers Union that her strappers and stable hands are paid below award

Chilean activist speaks out

By Robyn Marshall Miriam Ortega, a long-time activist in Chilean left politics, arrived in Australia at the end of July on a one-month speaking tour. Miriam spent 11 years in Pinochet's prisons, where she was tortured continuously for 20 days in

*Title: Pesticides in US baby food &&

A recent study based on an independent analysis of US baby food products found 16 different pesticides in eight major baby foods. Researchers with the Environmental Working Group (EWG) commissioned a food industry lab to analyse eight foods which

Call for economic boycott of Burmese junta

Call for economic boycott of Burmese junta Call for economic boycott of Burmese junta On September 18, Burmese democracy activists around the world will observe the seventh anniversary of "8888", a student-led nationwide uprising in 1988 that

NT unions oppose flag burning law

By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — The right to burn flags as a form of protest has been strongly supported by Northern Territory trade unions. The August 28 meeting of the NT Trades and Labour Council passed the motion: "The Northern Territory Trades

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. From Spirit to Spirit — Tells the story

Esso dispute widens

By Dave Mizon The dispute between Esso and striking Bass Strait rig workers widened last week, with picket lines being set up at Esso's Long Island point refinery, halting the shipment of LPG fuel by road and sea from that location, and at the

CTV Perth needs you!

CTV Perth needs you! By Paul Davis Community television is for the people and by the people. It is a powerful tool in the development of a politically aware society. Public access community television is due to begin broadcasting