Beacon Index 2009
Febuary
Editorial: More than mere words
Feature: May those who write the history by Rev. Dr David Sammons
Losing Afghans Source: New Internationalist, Nov.08
It’s now or never by Clive Blazey
End the occupation in Iraq & Afghanistan
Marjorie Cohn Source: Disarming Times
It suited our leaders by Marion Harper
March
Editorial: Capitalism – Sick, Decayed & Discredited
Feature: Rejoice in our differences – but what about the Palestinians? by Peter Abrehart
Gaza Crisis: an address to a rally in Perth Sent in by F. Waddington
Bill of Rights to protect powerless by Julian Burnside QC
April
Editorial: Privatisation – Larceny on a grand scale
Feature: Making sense of the senseless – walking the path forged by crisis by Rev. Gretchen Thomas
Time for older persons’ housing action by By Jeff Fiedler
Bishop Power – Letter to the Prime Minister on the Gaza crisis
Homegrown energy Source: New Internationalist Jan./Feb.
May
MAY
Editorial: Asylum Seekers – all about Human Rights
Feature: Feminism needs socialism to be relevant by Joan Coxsedge
Unitarian Social Justice Gaza Attack by Michael Shaik
Can human rights laws make a practical difference (Part 1) by Jason Rostant
June
Editorial: Shine a Beacon of light on that ‘Darkness’
Feature: Palestine: A challenge to Humanity by Michael Shaik
The truth will set us free (Part 1) by By Marion Harper
Harsh new laws to hit Pine Gap protesters Source: Australian Peace Committee (SA Branch) Jan/Feb/March 2009
Enough I enough – open letter to Jenny Macklin MP regarding the Northern Territory intervention
Can human rights laws make a practical difference (Part 2)
July
Editorial: A Beacon of light
Feature: The Growth of Unitarianism
Presentation by Joyce Clayton (133rd anniversary service in 1985)
The truth will set us free (Part 2) by Marion Harper
Time for fresh thinking on forests Source: Chain Reaction April 2009
May Day! Montreal police out of line and in the courts
Source: New Internationalist May 2009
August
AUGUST
Editorial: Standing True
Feature: Towards a Social capitalism? by Rob Watts
US lurching towards ‘debt explosion’ – long term interest rates on course to double
By Philip Aldrick
An open letter to President Obama Source: Australia/Cuba Friendship Society Newsletter July 2009
You are being watched Source: New Internationalist June 2009
September
Editorial: Whither our infrastructure?
Feature: Hiroshima Day Address by Pauline Mitchell
Johann Hari: We’ve forgotten the force which really drives political change
Uranium export is the first step to war by Helen Caldicott Source: Australian Peace Committee (SA Branch) Winter Newsletter
October
Editorial: Society cannot tolerate some being less equal than others
Feature: The iron bed of Procrustes by Peter Ferguson
If it was a dog you’d put it down! Source: Anarchist Age Weekly Review Number 849
Despair and defiance-time to bring some sanity to the nuclear industry By Scott Ludlam
Religion & Culture of the Malay archipelago By Lev Lafayette
Febuary
Editorial: Compassion is not a weakness – hypocrisy is
Feature: Building an altar to truth by Marion Harper
Where are we heading? by W. Cleland
The impossible dream Source: Anarchist Weekly Age Review Number 852
It’s not like we weren’t told by Rod Quantock Source: Adelaide Voices Sept-Nov 2009
Nanotechnology risks a repeat of the asbestos tragedy by Georgia Miller Source: Chain Reaction August 2009
Cosmetics and Nanotechnology by Georgia Miller Source: Chain Reaction August 2009
December
Editorial: Society cannot tolerate some being less equal than others
Feature: Dangerous occupations by Pauline Mitchell
Bindoon Boys town: The sad truth behind Britain’s lost children by Kathy Marks Source: The Independent UK
An honest look at Boat people by Fay Waddington
Disarm Now! Mobilising call of the NPT Review 2010 Defence White Paper
Source: Australian Anti-bases Campaign Coalition Bulletin Spring 2009
Vulture Culture Source: New Internationalist October 2009
Republic of Fools the evil empire by Paul Craig Roberts