John Pilger's latest documentary, Breaking the Silence, will be broadcast on SBS television on Tuesday, December 9 at 8.30pm. Pilger investigates Washington's "war on terror", which was launched following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. It was
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It's somewhere betweenthe obscene and uncleanbut John Howard is my inspiration. You work for the dole.You mortgage your soul,and he calls that liberation. Get off your fat arse,do a job that's first class.Yes, work is your obligation. A hand-up
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An acclaimed documentary film-maker, Arthur Dong has released his first DVD project. The three-disc collection is titled Stories from the War on Homo Sexuality, and contains three of Dong's feature-length films: Coming Out Under Fire
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REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon PapersBy Daniel EllsbergPenguin, 2003500 pages, $38(pb) On the evening of October 1, 1969, Daniel Ellsberg left the Rand Corporation offices in California after a busy day. His
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SYDNEY — The Australian Arabic Communities Council (AACC) has criticised the decision of the NSW government's Powerhouse Museum to remove parts of the Treasures of Palestine exhibition following representations by pro-Israel organisations. It was
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Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 1277. Visit
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Fat Cats and Running Dogs: the Enron Stage of CapitalismBy Vijay PrashadZed Books, 2002, 246 pp, $28.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Enron, the giant US-based energy corporation, may have died from "creative accounting" and speculative
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Matrix RevolutionsWritten and directed by Andy and Larry WachowskiWith Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Keanu Reeves, Mary Alice and Laurence FishburneAt major cinemas REVIEW BY NICK FREDMAN In an epic blaze of hyper-marketing, the Matrix series
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To the land of libertyThey came in freedom's nameThey came out openlyTo expose the villain's game From Miami's emigres"The Brothers" came in '96Their goals your power playTo injure and impoverish Free the Five, free the Five So five infiltrated
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REVIEW BY LOUIS PROYECT FridaDirected by Julie TaymorWritten by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake and Gregory NavaWith Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas and Edward NortonBuena Vista DVD Frida is a really stupid
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REVIEW BY SIMON BUTLER Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War IIBy William BlumZed Books 2003469 pages, $33.95 (pb) What is the link between an elderly peasant in Vietnam debilitated by exposure to chemical weapons, a
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Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 1277. Visit