CPSU leaders 'forget' to count DEETYA resolution
By Bruce Marlowe
Over the last two weeks, Community and Public Sector Union members in the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs have been voting on how to respond to the
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A Season of Blood: Poems From Kenyan PrisonVita Books. 156 pp., $15Kenya: A Prison NotebookVita Books. 287 pp., $15Both by Maina wa KinyattiReviewed by Ndungi wa Mungai These two volumes of prison writing are based on the author's experience as a
Orchids in the MoonlightBy Carlos FuentesDirected by Jose de KostaTheatre XThe Pilgrim Theatre, until October 27Reviewed by Neville Spencer Orchids in the Moonlight (Orquídeas a la Luz de la Luna) is the third play written by Carlos Fuentes,
For 250 issues now, Green Left Weekly has taken a stand against the rich and powerful, exposing the lies spread by their ownership of the establishment media: 250 issues of independent news and opinion, with a breadth and depth of coverage that is
By Jorge Andres
On October 9, Aboriginal Australia was granted 12.4 hectares of its stolen land, enough for dignity but hardly a fair swap. This was the first recognition of native title in mainland Australia. If only we could say "Australia is not
WASP with The Zig-Zag Woman and Patter for the Floating LadyWritten by Steve MartinDirected by Neil ArmfieldCompany B, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, until November 17Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson Steve Martin's new splash would set family man John
Sydney University elections
By Sarah Peart
In elections at Sydney University, the presidential position has been won by Katrina Curry, candidate for Left Alliance and the Left Caucus. However, at the beginning of counting, Sholto Macpherson (who
By Michael Bull
Jorge Jorquera's article "Political battle inside WA CFMEU" in GLW #245 supporting the Bill Ethell-led ticket in the CFMEU elections missed some important points. He writes that "the Ethell team ... has attempted to promote a sense
WA group opposes anti-gay discrimination
By Leon Harrison
PERTH — In response to the failure of same-sex amendments to equal opportunity legislation to be put to state parliament, a new group called Queer Radical has been formed. The group held
By Shane Bentley and Paul Benedek
SYDNEY — Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) has issued an emergency appeal to activists around the world to defend the political prisoners arrested in Indonesia during the recent military