SYDNEY — In a March 23 media release, Kate Gauthier, national coordinator of the A Just Australia refugee policy group, said that disclose a third case of unlawful detention of another Australian citizen by the commonwealth ombudsman's report in to
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In France in May-June 1968, there was a potentially revolutionary situation.
For several months leading up to May, students had protested for better conditions. When the government used riot police to stop their protests, the students resisted
Niko Leka, Newcastle
On March 16, Boeing conceded on three demands made by the Australian Workers Union on behalf of 25 aircraft maintenance workers employed at the company's Williamtown centre. The previous day, the AWU lodged objections with the
Peter Short, Perth
On March 21, the monthly Unions WA council meeting looked set to decide against organising an ACTU-proposed June 28 protest rally against the new federal industrial relations laws. However, several unions intervened to get
On March 18, majority Labor governments were elected in both South Australia and Tasmania. Voters' refusal to give the Liberals government in those states undoubtedly reflected, at least in part, the huge public opposition to Howard and Co.'s current
Chris Latham, Perth
The ALP retained the WA state seat of Victoria Park in a by-election held on March 11, with its candidate Ben Wyatt polling 61% of the vote on a two-party preferred basis. The by-election was prompted by the surprise resignation
Alex Bainbridge, Sydney
More than 200 students gathered on March 23 to support an orchestra strike at Sydney University's Conservatorium of Music ("the Con"). The protest was called over the administration's handling of the visit by US Secretary of
The Great War For Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle EastBy Robert FiskFourth Estate 20051366 pages, $39.95
REVIEW BY MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN
This book makes compelling reading. It is a record of Fisk's first hand experiences of events in Iraq,
PORT MACQUARIE — On March 5, 60 people attended a screening of David Bradbury's new documentary Blowin' in the Wind, which focusses on the use by the US military of depleted uranium munitions. The DVD showing raised funds for Amnesty
Message Stick: Deadly Yarns — This short film festival includes "Talk About A Walkabout" about Josie, a women of the stolen generations, her father and her love of the land. ABC, Friday, March 31, 6pm.
2013: Oil No More — More than 80% of the
KATOOMBA — "The Venezuelans have learned a lot from the experiences — good and bad — of other revolutions, and out of that are building a 'new' socialism for the 21st century", Fred Fuentes told a public meeting organised by Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
Venezuelan right-wing parties Accion Democratica, Primero Justicia and Sumate are "up to their neck" in planning for a transport strike that will use as a pretext the increase in crimes that are affecting the
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