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To Be and to Have (Etre et Avoir)Directed by Nicolas PhillibertShowing at Palace cinemas, Sydney and Cinema Nova, Melbourne REVIEW BY JOHN GAUCI All over France, you can still find "single-class schools" — schools that bring together all the
Annette Auri, Willunga, South Australia The Onkaparinga council recently approved a high-density suburban development right next to a treasured natural resource: The Aldinga Conservation Park. The council own website admits: "Many native plant
Doug Lorimer On April 20, as the death toll of US troops in Iraq passed the 700 mark, US President George Bush nominated John Negroponte, currently Washington's ambassador to the UN, to replace Paul Bremer as US ambassador to Iraq. If his
Robyn Marshall, Caracas Tens of thousands of Venezuelans joined with 200 foreign guests — authors, political activists, teachers and students from across the world — to commemorate the first anniversary of the April 13 mass insurrection that
Sarah Stephen, Sydney "Each of us has to choose between being either a champion of human dignity or a collaborator with an increasingly inhuman system", Sister Susan Connelly from the Mary MacKillop Institute of East Timorese Studies told a crowd
REVIEW BY EVA CHENG Harvest of Death: Farmers' Suicides and Rural Starvation in the Shadow of GlobalisationBy V. Shankar and R. VidyasagarPublished by Indian Institute of Marxist Studies 200450 pages Harvest of Death, a new pamphlet from the
Simon Tayler, Sydney Transmission by Sydney's community TV station, Channel 31, ceased at midnight on April 23, after the current licence holders, TV Sydney (TVS), refused an offer by the previous licence holders, Community TV Sydney (CTS). TVS
Jack Cohen-Joppa & Alison Dellit As he walked out the prison door on April 21, the thumping beat of a police helicopter overhead, the shouts from the press and the cheers and jeers of demonstrators just outside the massive gate may have prevented
In Iraq the Americans are winning the hearts and minds again.A week ago they batonned a man senselesshe refused to remove a poster from his car:the poster was a picture of Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr.Were the Americans protecting free speech?Were
2 Rio Tinto protest: 'Human rights, not mining sites' BRISBANE — Anti-nuclear, West Papuan and Indigenous rights advocates joined together on April 22 to picket corporate mining giant Rio Tinto's Australian annual general meeting at the
Shellie Morris performing at the annual Rage Against Racism benefit gig in Darwin. More than 200 people heard local bands and contributed much-needed funds for Green Left Weekly. From Green Left Weekly, April 29, 2004. Visit the Green Left Weekly
Sue Bolton, Melbourne "Craig Johnston is being targeted because he's a leader, and that's the only reason he's been targeted", Jenny Kruschel, assistant Victorian branch secretary of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA),