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A horribly funny tragedy

Reviewd by Sarah Stephen CMI — A Certain Maritime IncidentDevised by version 1.0 and the Department of Performance Studies, Sydney UniversityPerformance Space, 199 Cleveland St RedfernUntil April 11 CMI is very impressive theatre — a

East Timor tribute night

Jefferson Lee Est Timorese President Xanana Gusmao's wife, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, will be the guest of honour at a benefit night at the Sydney Town Hall, at 7pm on April 21. The event will raise funds for the Alola Foundation, which was set up by

What is the 'job to be done'?

Austin Whitten Another notoriously crooked polling question greeted Australians on March 30, compliments of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age. Both newspapers claimed a poll conducted by ACNeilson on March 26-28 showed that most

Refugee activists to lock up Howard

Sarah Stephen, Sydney Following Easter protest actions at Woomera and Baxter detention centres in 2002 and 2003, refugee activists from around the country will this year converge on Prime Minister John Howard's Sydney residence, Kirribilli House.

SOUTH AFRICA: Khanya College fights eviction

Mondli Hlatshwayo, Johannesburg Khanya College, one of South Africa's leading left-wing labour movement support organisations, and the Workers Library are fighting attempts to evict them from their historic premises in Johannesburg's Newtown arts

Loose cannons

Expert opinion I "I think the marines will enjoy working in Fallujah. But they'll be bloodied." — Lieutenant Colonel Brian Drinkwine, commander of US Army's 700-member 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, speaking to reporters after the March 24

South East Qld: The treacle effect

Dave Riley, Brisbane What was once simply known as Brisbane has morphed over the past 20 years into a new entity: South East Queensland. SEQ, as it is generally referred to, doesn't just straddle the Brisbane River at its mouth, but stretches from

SCOTLAND: Socialists call for independence convention

Doug Lorimer Some 400 members and observers attended the sixth annual conference of the Scottish Socialist Party, held in Edinburgh over the weekend of March 27-28. It was the first SSP conference since the election of six SSP members to the

Victoria under Bracks

Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne If any Victorian trade unionist had an inkling that Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government would deliver a half way decent deal for workers, they would, by now be sadly disappointed. With the current round of enterprise

'Pasted'

NEWCASTLE —Pasted is an exhibition by Stephen O'Brien of political posters that have been "rediscovered" underneath beds, behind wardrobes and in the corners of garages. O'Brien has photographed and recorded 1900 posters going back almost 40

Fishing the sea dry

The Wide Blue RoadDirected by Gillo PontecorvoWritten by With Yves Montand and Alida ValliAvailable on Region 1 DVD only, US$27. REVIEW BY LOUIS PROYECT In a remote and picturesque fishing village on an island off the coast of southern Italy,

VENEZUELA: An independent voice

Robyn Marshall, Caracas There is some objective news reporting in Venezuela, although the country's media — newspapers, television and radio — is massively dominated by the powerful, right-wing corporations owned by mega-magnate Ricardo