GLW issue 626, published 2005-05-11.

On the box

Message Stick: Nature/Ganggu Mama — A blind musician learns and masters the didgeridoo. ABC, Friday, May 13, 6pm. Get Up Stand Up: We are the World — Looks at the link between music and politics. ABC, Saturday, May 14, 10pm. Without Lying

Job cuts to gut Newcastle Uni

Ben Reid, Newcastle On May 3, staff and students at the University of Newcastle learned of a management plan to slash some 450 jobs (over 20% of staff). The announcement has left staff angry that they will be responsible for paying for the

This week in history

May 12 1916: James Connolly is executed in Ireland. May 13 1932: Hundreds of picketers force police and bailiffs to abandon an eviction in Surry Hills, Sydney. 1968: 10 million workers take part in a general strike in France. May 14 1948:

A woman's place is in the struggle: Soldiers of the revolution

Hoang Thi Nghi is 77 years old and today, 30 years after the Vietnamese people's defeat of the US occupation of their country, she works among the poor and disadvantaged in Vietnam. Her life paints an extraordinary picture of the courage,

Further

Australian News

Detention policy costs another life

Kathy Newnam, Darwin Another man has lost his life while being held under the federal government's policy of detaining foreigners caught fishing in Australian waters. Muhammed Heri was the captain of a fishing boat taken into custody by

May Day debate asks the hard questions

Sam Wainwright, Fremantle On May 1, 300 maritime workers, their families and other unionists crammed into the North Fremantle office of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) for a "sausage-sizzle debate" on how to fight the federal government's

Further Australian News

International News

PNG: Police call for Aussie cops to leave

On May 5, a union meeting of 300 police in PNG demanded that the Australian police serving in the country leave within 48 hours. In a statement, they explained that crime has risen since the 160 police arrived earlier this year. They also criticised

BRAZIL: Thousands of peasants protest against Lula

Fred Fuentes In the biggest march ever organised by the powerful Movement of Landless Workers (MST), around 13,000 peasants, accompanied by workers from occupied factories, indigenous peoples and others, set out from Goiania, Brazil, on May 2 to

Further International News

Editorial

Resisting Howard's neoliberal agenda

Federal treasurer Peter Costello's 10th budget, to be revealed on May 10, will continue the federal Coalition government's neoliberal "reform" — pushing increased "user-pays" and the privatisation of Medicare and higher education. The dire state

Cultural Dissent

A promise made by soldiers

"Your friends will never forget you",the fluttering leaflet said,"Your friends will never forget you",and then o'er the valley spread,The wide sky cowed in sorrow,and the eyes of the angels wept,For a promise made by the soldiersthat their leaders

Agitpop

Get Up Stand UpSaturdays, ABC TV at 10pm REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY As you grow older you forget. My ears have been listening to music for longer than I know and thousands of melodies have wafted between my two earlobes. I have been treated to so

Further Cultural Dissent

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