Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
The pay rises of up to 27% over three years recently announced for the Queensland power industry were "some late justice" for the sacking of 700 electricity workers in 1985, according to Bernie Neville. Neville was a leading
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A retired US Army officer turned revolutionary socialist and author, Stan Goff spent the majority of his military career in a field euphemistically termed "Special Operations". Beginning with Vietnam in 1970, Goff was deployed to eight countries
Vera DrakeWritten and directed by Mike LeighStarring Imelda Staunton and Phil DavisOpens nationally February 10
REVIEW BY ELIZABETH SCHULTE
Movies that even mention abortion are few and far between. So when a movie like Vera Drake, which depicts
According to the January 30 London Sunday Telegraph, a 25-year-old German woman faces cuts to her unemployment benefits after turning down a job as a prostitute at a Berlin brothel. When prostitution was legalised in Germany just two years ago,
Federico Fuentes
A manifesto proposed by 19 intellectuals created a stir at this year's World Social Forum. The 12-point platform of proposals is designed to make concrete the slogan "Another World is Possible".
Circulated in order to gain the
Sarah Stephen &Aaron Benedek, Sydney
Consider this scenario: an Australian citizen travels to another country, is kidnapped by the military of a third country, receives absolutely no assistance from the Australian government, is imprisoned for
Rohan Pearce
For most activists in the global anti-war movement, it's obvious that the US-engineered January 30 elections in Iraq have not ushered in a new era of democracy nor fundamentally changed the nature of the brutal, US-led occupation. But
Norm Dixon
After four months of virtual silence and tens of thousands more deaths, the January 31 release of the report of the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur has prodded US spokespeople into repeating the charge that
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1879: Ned Kelly's Jerilderie letter recounting his reasons for revolt is published.
2000: Blockades temporarily halt logging on the Errinundra Plateau, Gippsland.
1932: CNT general strike in Spain leads to insurrection.
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Message Stick: Crossing the Line — Two non-Indigenous medical students work in a remote Aboriginal community where their precepts and ideas are deeply challenged. ABC, Friday, February 11, 6pm.
Compass: Prom Fight, the Marc Hall Story — Young,
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