December 7, 1918: 100,000 textile workers strike in Lancashire, England.
December 17, 1918: Hundreds of trade unionists take over Darwin and chase the corrupt administrator John Anderson Gilruth out to sea.
December 21, 2003: Sydney high-school
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Upstaging: Leah Purcell — Profile of Indigenous artist Leah Purcell, who has performed as a singer, actor, writer, choreographer, producer and director for theatre, film and television. ABC, Friday, December 9, 1.20am.
Living Black — Indigenous
Dick Nichols
On November 26, the Brisbane Courier Mail front page screamed: "Barnaby to wreck Howard's IR agenda". Less than a week later the "maverick Queensland senator" was trying to convince the country that government acceptance of his
Chris Williams, Wollongong
When Fred Moore was called up to the Wollongong Entertainment Centre stage during the November 15 mass meeting against PM John Howard's WorkChoices laws, every single person present — close to 10,000 — spontaneously
Thousands of Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) activists demonstrated in Lahore on December 6 against the imperialist onslaught of privatisation and the World Trade Organisation, on the eve of the WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong.
Trade union
This November, the federal government had the opportunity to give three year's notice to terminate the agreement which permits the United States base to continue operating at Pine Gap. It didn't, and several peace activists have decided to travel
Manifesto: Three Classic Essays on How to Change the WorldKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, Ernesto Che GuevaraPreface by Adrienne RichIntroduction by Armando HartOcean Books, 2005168 pages
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
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Doug Lorimer
With a growing majority of US voters favouring the rapid withdrawal of US troops from Washington's failed counter-insurgency war in Iraq, and many in his own Republican Party worried about a voter backlash in the 2006 mid-term
The Weathermakers: The History and Future Impact of Climate ChangeBy Tim FlanneryText Publishing, 2005332 pages, $32.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Who cares about Bufo perigelenes, the golden toad of Costa Rica? We all should, argues Australian
[The following abridged letter was read out by Tony Kevin at a rally, organised by the ACT Network Opposing War and Racism, protesting the terror laws on November 28.]
Dear Mr Howard,
You are reported as saying that the federal government will