Message from the Forum
By JORGE AROCHE, Executive Director, STARTTS
BURMA: Forty Six Years of Solitude
Neither cyclone Nargis nor the saffron revolution managed to topple the oppressive Burmese military regime. The generals, who have ruled the country for almost five decades, are still firmly entrenched in power. Will Burma ever escape from its history? OLGA YOLDI writes.
The Moral Cost of Torture
DR ANTHONY MARSELLA was a Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii. He is a consultant to numerous national and international agencies. Dr Marsella is widely known as a pioneer figure in the study of culture and psychopathology. He has challenged ethnocentrism in theories and practices in psychology and psychiatry. He has recently been involved in the creation of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, an organisation that promotes peace and social justice. He spoke to JORGE AROCHE and OLGA YOLDI during his visit to Australia.
Chilean Mapuches: from indigenous mythical heroes to terrorists
Summer days in Chile are mostly uneventful. Not last summer though. On January 26 at 23:00 the police station of Tirua – a village located about a thousand kilometres south of the Chilean capital Santiago – was the target of the most ferocious Mapuche attack yet. By Antonio Castillo.
Chad: In the line of fire
While the world’s eyes focus at the troubled Darfur region, the violent conflict in its nearest neighbour, Chad, remains virtually invisible to the West. YASMINE FATHY writes.
Faith and Therapy
The following is an edited transcript from ABC Radio National’s Encounter Program with David Rutledge and Bob Roberts, a professor of Ethics at Baylor University in Texas, Michael Turner, senior curator at the Nicholson Museum at the Univerisy of Sydney, Sidney Bloch, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and George Halasz, a Melbourne-based psychiatrist, Nooria Mehraby, a counsellor at STARTTS and Subhana Barzaghi, a Zen teacher and psychotherapist. From 24 February 2008.
A Long Journey
Daniel Zu, a staff member of STARTTS talks to REBECCA HINCHEY about his life in Burma and his flight to freedom.
Sharing stories: Four Stories
Straddling two cultures /Carlos and Yolanda Encina
Holocaust child survivors: Support group flourishes /Elizabeth Ban
Exceeding a troubled education /Manijah Haidary-Hakim
Turning ten years of horror into a lifetime of peace /Mr Vo Dai Ton
Book Review
Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality
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