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Stuart Munckton With Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" booming from the sound system provided by the Reclaim the Streets collective, 700 students stormed into the main building of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on March 31. The protest was
NEWCASTLE —Pasted is an exhibition by Stephen O'Brien of political posters that have been "rediscovered" underneath beds, behind wardrobes and in the corners of garages. O'Brien has photographed and recorded 1900 posters going back almost 40
Rohan Pearce In the imperialist countries such as Australia, people are conditioned to react differently to the violence of the oppressed and the oppressor. So, for example, the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid claimed some 200 lives and the
From March 15 to March 27, workers at Colombia's Coca-Coca bottling plant went on hunger strike, in a desperate attempt to improve their working conditions. Carlene Wilson, a member of the Socialist Alliance and Workers Power, and an activist in
Saul Landau Someone once asked Mahatma Gandhi what he thought of Western civilization. "It would be a good idea", he replied. Democracy in Latin America might also prove nice if the United States would allow it to occur. Traditionally, when
Norm Dixon Rupert Murdoch's hacks have been at it again — shamelessly manipulating, distorting and fabricating "news". The Murdoch media empire's lynching of Willie Brigitte illustrates wonderfully why working people should never trust a word
Alison Dellit Mark Latham's March 30 claim that the federal Labor caucus voted In March 2003 to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq, initially gave us at Green Left Weekly pause for thought. Had we been too hard on Labor? Had the ALP clearly
Free your mind — "to those who never give up!" Free your mind When you feel alone, When you get down, 'cause life just belongs, to those who settle down. Free your mind When things have gone wrong, When they put you behind bars, 'cause here,
Patrick Bond, Johannesburg On April 27, 1994, the racist apartheid system was smashed. One person, one-vote democracy and deracialisation of government was achieved as a result of the mass struggle conducted largely under the 72-year long
Reviewd by Sarah Stephen CMI — A Certain Maritime IncidentDevised by version 1.0 and the Department of Performance Studies, Sydney UniversityPerformance Space, 199 Cleveland St RedfernUntil April 11 CMI is very impressive theatre — a

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