“I love a sunburnt country,” begins an Australian patriotic poem. The words are more apt than the poet knew. Since the early 1980s Australians have been exhorted to “slip on… Read more »
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Keeping the lights on: a matter of public power
“That man may use it freely as the air he breathes, the waters of the rivers, the winds of heaven.” Those words, embossed on a beautiful mosaic at the headquarters… Read more »
International protests detonate against French nuclear testing
p>Despite white-hot opposition on every continent, French President Jacques Chirac on September 5 resumed underground nuclear tests at· the Moruroa atoll in French-ruled Polynesia. This blast, more powerful than the… Read more »
¡Viva Judi Bari!
REVOLUTIONARY ENVIRONMENTALIST Judi Bari died of cancer on March 2 at the age of 47. Bari transformed the ecology movement by welding her feminist, workingclass, multi-issue, Marxist ideas to the… Read more »
The new killing fields: How agribusiness poisons laborers, consumers and the planet
Agribusiness. It’s a coddled but murderous giant, with vast profits and even more vast influence. Nurtured by subsidies, tax breaks, labor-law exemptions, and tailor-made government policies, it repays these favors… Read more »
Makah tribal whalers deserve the support of global environmentalists
The Makah Indians of northwest Washington state, along with 14 sister nations on the west coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island, the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, have contributed immeasurable artistic and cultural vibrancy to… Read more »
Determination of Aboriginal women sparks showdown with the nuclear industry
When Marion Armstrong, Dianna Mannigel and Jean Talbot, all women in their sixties, stepped over the barbed-wire fence onto the Jabiluka uranium mine site last year, they knew exactly what… Read more »
A whale of a victory
Hurray and congratulations to the Makahs! Their successful whale hunt off the shores of Washington state in May, a feat of immense dedication and rigorous training, uplifts not only their… Read more »
Otways Forest under the axe: stop the plunder, save the future!
The Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, says a travel brochure, are home to “mighty trees hundreds of years old, cascading waterfalls, huge tree ferns and a forest floor teeming with… Read more »
Locked-out steelworkers forge promising alliance with eco-activists
As the “Battle of Seattle” shut down the World Trade Organization (WTO) last winter, one thing definitely stood out -the deepening alliance between environmentalists and unionists, particularly steelworkers. This is… Read more »
