May 1 'carnival against capitalism'
BY CHRIS WILLIAMS
Aiming to take May Day, the annual workers' day, back to its militant roots, hundreds of mainly young radicals around the country demonstrated, marched, waved flags and chanted on May 1. In
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Threat of action forces progress at Uni of Canberra
BY PAT BREWER
CANBERRA — After 18 months of stalling and evasion by management at the University of Canberra, enterprise agreement talks have progressed further in four weeks than they had in
Welfare rights need political defence
COMMENT BY JONATHAN SINGER
In its forthcoming budget, the federal Coalition government plans to announce more programs trialing extended "mutual obligation" provisions for all unemployed people, sole parents
Largest strike in Norway for 14 years
BY MARGARET ALLUM
The largest strike in Norway for 14 years began on May 3, when almost 85,000 private sector workers rejected a new contract. Two-thirds of the union's rank-and-file membership voted against
OthelloBy William ShakespeareQuasimodoBondi Pavilion, Sydneyuntil May 14 Review by Brendan Doyle
There are productions that stay with you long after you have left the theatre. This version of Shakespeare's classic tale of jealousy is one of them.
SYDNEY — Resistance believes that the level of community anger about the Olympics Games here lays the basis for large protest actions, and has pledged to mobilise high school and university students for protests during and leading up to the
INDONESIA: Budiman Sujatmiko: democracy is yet to be won
BUDIMAN SUJATMIKO, chairperson of Indonesia's People's Democratic Party
(PRD), has been active in the movement for democracy in his country since
1988, when he was a student at
Maralinga: 'old test sites never die'
BY JIM GREEN
On April 16, ABC Radio National's Background Briefing lifted the lid on the troubled clean-up of the Maralinga region of north-west South Australia, contaminated by British nuclear weapons tests
Buddhist monks in Upper Burma are threatening a national uprising on May 25 if the repressive State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) does not agree to a dialogue with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her Committee Representing the People's
A 'wogs'-eye view of white Australia
Review by Peter Johnston and Bill Posters
Looking for AlibrandiStarring Pia Miranda, Greta Scacchi and Anthony LaPagliaDirected by Kate Woods This charming movie is a coming-of-age drama that leads us through
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