There has been a lot of speculation in the mainstream media about whether or not Labor PM Kevin Rudd’s honeymoon with “the electorate” (that is media-speak for us) is over.
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SA Unions secretary Janet Giles may face expulsion from the ALP for giving a speech critical of the ALP state government at a fundraising dinner organised by the Communist Party of Australia (CPA).
The six anti-war activists who occupied arms manufacturer Raytheon’s offices in Derry and destroyed its computers — part of the Raytheon 9 who took part in the action — have been acquitted by a jury in Belfast on June 11.
The pro-corporate European Union Lisbon treaty has been rejected by voters in a referendum in the Republic of Ireland, according to a June 13 BBC.co.uk report.
Nepal, a small landlocked nation in the Himalayas wedged between China and India, is an incredibly poor and underdeveloped nation.
A Chinese man, Pang Pang, was deported back to Tian Jing province last week from Sydneys Villawood detention centre. After he had been placed into State 1 at Villawood the immigration prisons maximum security area he had asked to see his case officer. No-one came to see him for two weeks, and he was subsequently deported.
We talked about Iraq, how Iraq is changing for the better, how people are beginning to realize the blessings of a free and peaceful society such statements from US President George Bush started looking increasingly surreal for even the most fervent supporters of the Iraq invasion long before the war had seen out its first anniversary.
While the increasing censorship of art made headlines with the police raid and confiscation of Bill Hensons work in Sydney, this is far from a stand-alone case of political interference in art.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, a heroic struggle in which, between October 1987 and June 1988, in some of the fiercest fighting in Africa since the Second World War, the South African Defence Forces (SADF) were humiliatingly defeated by liberation forces in Angola.
Young people today are angry: there are major and urgent problems in our society including global food shortages, a rise in oil prices — which will send millions into greater poverty — and the build-up of greenhouse gas emissions.
As Green Left Weekly goes to print, public school teachers in South Australia are planning to strike on June 17. It will be the first all-day stopwork the SA Australian Education Union (AEU) has called in over ten years.
On June 5, the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five the five Cubans who infiltrated right-wing anti-Cuban terrorist groups in Miami and have been imprisoned in the US since 1997 issued a statement condemning the decision the previous day by an Atlanta court of appeals to uphold the sentences against the men.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Based on the Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis
In cinemas
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Based on the Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis
In cinemas
Despite the longstanding water supply crisis in Queensland, big business continues to guzzle water.
Two representatives of Guam’s Chamoru people are visiting Australia. Lisa Natividad and Julian Aguon are fighting against the militarisation of their land by the US.
Sex in the City
Directed by Michael Patrick King
With Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall
In cinemas
Directed by Michael Patrick King
With Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall
In cinemas
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