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Proudly UnAustralian

This is the 'controversial' art piece by Melbourne Resistance member Azlan McLennan that was confiscated by Footscray police from a billboard belonging to the Trocadero Art Space gallery in January in a blatant act of political censorship. The burnt

Fighting two kinds of poverty in Venezuela

Tamara Pearson "There are more dangerous poverties than the material type", Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tsaid in an October 2003 interview. "There is moral poverty — the poverty of principles. We could say that material poverty is the

Latin American film festivals

By Sarah Stephen Sydney Latin American Film FestivalFri Feb 17-Sun Feb 19Campbelltown Arts Centre, Art Gallery Rd (cnr Camden & Appin Rd)Fri Feb 24-Sun Feb 26Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers St, Surry HillsFor full program visit

Qld train drivers strike

Dave Riley, Brisbane Queensland train drivers and crews went on strike for 14 hours at midnight on February 2 over a new enterprise bargaining agreement, in defiance of an order from the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) banning

IRAN: Bush bullying based on lies

Doug Lorimer An "emergency" meeting of the UN's Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, was convened on February 2 to consider a resolution sponsored by the EU-3 (Britain, France and Germany) to ask IAEA director-general Mohammed ElBaradei

Australia's wheat-for-bribes scandal deepens

Evidence emerging from the Australian government-appointed commission of inquiry, headed by Terence Cole, into whether or not AWB Ltd, Australia's wheat export monopoly, had violated the rules governing the UN's "oil-for-food" program, has revealed

'Guestploitation' in the hospitality industry

Tim Stewart, Canberra Legal action launched by two Filipino guest workers last week has lifted the lid on wage exploitation and racism in the hospitality industry in the ACT. The Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU) has learned of

Support women's right to choose

Federal parliament is likely to vote this week on whether a politician or health professionals will determine access to RU486, a drug used to terminate pregnancies in their early stages. The MPs of both major parties will have a conscience vote, and

Killer cops and cover-ups

By Ray Jackson, Sydney St Valentine's Day will be the second anniversary of the death of TJ Hickey, who was mortally impaled on a metal-spiked fence in Redfern on February 14, 2004. According to those calling for the inquest into TJ's death to be

NICARAGUA: Health workers join strike

On January 31, 20,000 health workers joined a strike by doctors seeking higher pay. More than 3000 members of the Medicos Pro Salario physicians' guild have been on strike since November 14. The Health Workers Federation (Fetsalud), which covers

IRAQ: Occupation increasing poverty

Doug Lorimer The number of Iraqis living below the poverty line has increased since the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 to one-fifth of the population, according to figures released by Iraq's labour ministry on January 25. "A study

Pharmaceutical industry donates to Labor and Liberal

Australian Electoral Commission figures released on February 1 show that in 2004-05 the Pharmacy Guild and pharmaceutical companies increased their donations to the NSW Labor government by almost $150,000, giving six times more than in the previous