On December 27, 2004, a work colleague was holidaying at Robe, on the south coast of South Australia. About mid-morning the tide suddenly rushed out, then in, then out again…. Read more »
environment
Terminator Trio Defeated!
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity met in Brazil last March. On the agenda was terminator, or gene sterilisation, technology. Three governments — Australia, Canada and New Zealand — were… Read more »
Port Phillip Dredging – Corporate Welfare and Environmental Vandalism
Melbourne has an asset that many of the world’s great cities must envy. It’s Port Phillip Bay, a 2000 square kilometre inlet teeming with marine life, despite 170 years of… Read more »
Save the forests and fight the bosses!
In bed with the enemy. Without a doubt, the ugliest sight of the Federal election was members of the forestry division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union cheering… Read more »
Your Say
Capitalist education disgusting As a young queer woman of color in America, I wanted to express my deepest gratitude for your article on Helen Keller (FS Bulletin # 31), but… Read more »
Responding to the Tragedy in the Indian Ocean
Catastrophic. This is the only way to describe the deaths, injuries, disease and destruction resulting from the terrible earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. Many communities have been… Read more »
Genetic Engineering and the Patenting of Life
Basmati rice, potatoes that glow when “thirsty” and a highland man from Papua New Guinea would seem, on the face of it, to have little in common. In fact, they… Read more »
Profits, drought and landclearing: Capitalism is destroying the land and affecting the weather
Every year, it returns to the Geelong region. The battle to stop logging in the unique, cool temperate, old growth rainforests of the Otways and Gunnerook. To big business, a… Read more »
Life on the Line: Residents and unionists unite to stop Stonehaven Power Station
An unusual campsite sits 8 kilometres from Geelong in the middle of golden fields and beside a yellow dirt road. The campers — set up with a caravan and tents… Read more »
Why Greens need to be Reds
If there was one heartening thing about the disgraceful race/khaki election of 2001 it was the number of people who didn’t vote for the so-called “war on terrorism” and the… Read more »
