April 1999's Issue

The islands of Bougainville – once awash with blood – have turned the tide of war, reports Anouk Ride.

Through his patient, loving camera and his tough intellect, based on Césaire, Sissako has created a beautiful, fully controlled work of film.

Few in the West truly have the gift to stand outside the dominant cultural assumptions about science, economics, nature and technology. Fortunately, we can read Vandana Shiva.

Janet Smith visits a determined indigenous woman fighting for the rights of women and of her people in the Brazilian Amazon.

It’s not a bird, nor a plane; it’s the mighty SUPERDOVE with a hundred ways to change the world without violence.

Graeme Dixon’s poem recounts the horrible legacy of Australia’s forced resettlement programme for Aboriginal children.

Active involvement of the police has resulted in a massive reduction of hate crimes against gays and lesbians in Sydney.

Inspirational leadership in today’s globalized economy.

Is there hope of reconciliation in Kosovo? Photos and a report from Europe’s latest war.

The cries of thousands of Aboriginal Australians who were kidnapped by the state have been stifled. Now Tjalaminu Mia tells her own story.

Europe has dramatically scaled back levels of aid by over half of 1980 levels as calls mount to increase funding to poverty-stricken areas of the world.

British and American doctors call to end questionable practices of the tobacco industry.

Money problems? Print your own! That’s what one small town in Brazil has been doing to try to solve its economic problems.

The killing of journalists worldwide has doubled in 1998.

China is the biggest consumer, producer and exporter of chopsticks. It fells 25 million trees a year to make 45 billion pairs. Two-thirds are used in China and few are recycled.