BY NOREEN NAVIN
SYDNEY — The April release of the NSW Labor government's "Building the Future" report has generated a community backlash not seen since former NSW Coalition education minister Terry Metherell took the axe to public education in
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BY ALISON DELLIT
On May 1, tens of thousands of people will take to streets across Australia to protest against the sacrifice of human needs to rapacious corporate greed. The M1 stock exchange blockades will be the latest skirmishes in the battle
BY MAX LANE
Spread the word now! John Pilger's vivid and evocative writing and film-making, and the voices from the Third World that he brings onto the screen, will make his new documentary New Rulers of the World a landmark event in explaining the
BY NORM DIXON
The Pacific tourist Mecca of Honolulu is to be the next focus of demonstrations against the international capitalist financial institutions — in this case the Asian Development Bank. The ADB's board of governors is to meet at the
BY ANGELA LUVERA
SYDNEY — High school students all around Australia are preparing to strike on May 1 to join the blockades and protests against corporate rule.
Students will be striking for many reasons — for the cancellation of third world
M1: Our world is not for saleCompilationAvailable from activist centres and independent music stores.
REVIEWED BY DANNY FAIRFAX
The fact that this CD's proceeds go to funding the May 1 blockade of the Australian Stock Exchange building in Sydney
BY MARIA VOUKELATOS& LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS
"What if she doesn't worry about her body and eats enough for all the growing she has to do? She might rip her stockings and slam dance on a forged ID to the Pogues, and walk home barefoot, holding her
The REAL: Life on Film documentary festival provides a dynamic forum for documentaries exploring issues of cultural identity, human rights and provides a voice for those otherwise muffled by bigotry, poverty and war.
The not-for-profit festival,
Citigroup protests in 12 countries
Students in 12 countries and 80 cities protested against the US-owned Citigroup banking corporation on April 11. Activists attacked the banking giant's funding of environmentally destructive projects.
In New
BY LIAM MITCHELL
As the Easter holiday break hit, Ansett Airlines was warned by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) that its license to operate could be cancelled due to continuing safety problems through missed maintenance schedules.
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