Chaplin: His Life and ArtBy David RobinsonPenguin, 2001892 pages, $33 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
It would have been Charlie Chaplin's greatest performance. "I'd have turned up in my tramp outfit — baggy pants, bowler hat and cane — and when
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BY JIM GREEN
The Australian Conservation Foundation argued in its 2000 Blueprint for a Sustainable Australia, "The digital revolution is merely the first taste of a complete industrial revolution, a sustainability revolution".
The ACF did not
BY URI AVNERY
TEL AVIV — The real aim of “Operation Defensive Shield” was not to
“destroy the infrastructure of terrorism”. This was merely a good slogan
for uniting the people of Israel, who are angry and afraid after the suicide
BY EVA CHENG
General Pervez Musharraf has claimed that 70% of those eligible to
vote in Pakistan's April 30 referendum participated, and that 97% endorsed
his bid to remain the country's president for a further five years.
However, a
BY LEO ZEILIG
Madagascar is best known for its unique wildlife and as a destination for Western tourists, who are keen, according to a recently published tourist guide, for a "taste of the exotic". However, largely ignored by the international
BY JAMES CAULFIELD
CANBERRA — The Liberal Party received a "Racists of the Year" award from 150 protesters on May 1, during the M1 rally and justice tour. Awards were presented by a "neo-liberal grim reaper" to several companies and organisations
BY ALISON DELLIT
With the conclusion of two public hearings into proposed "anti-terrorist" laws, the Labor and Coalition parties are beginning to define their positions on the package of legislation.
The package looks likely to pass with
BY PETER LEWIS
[The following comment appeared on Workers Online, the NSW Labor Council web site, on May 3. The author is the site's editor.]
Unionists watching the shambolic and violent affair that was the M1 protest could be forgiven for
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to M1 protesters at the morning blockades of Australasian Correctional Management in Sydney and the immigration department in Melbourne, about why they decided to protest.
Kylie Evans, a student at Melbourne University said
100 protest for M1 in Adelaide
ADELAIDE — Darcie Gannon reports that 100 people attended M1 protests in
Adelaide outside the “department of racism” — the Department of Immigration,
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. Protesters demanded an
BY DON FITZ
The Bush administration found September 11 to be a golden opportunity to push for control of world resources, to crush political dissent, and to trample the Bill of Rights.
The cornerstone of its propaganda offensive is portrayal of
BY DALE MILLS
On the M1 demonstration in Sydney on May 1 2002 a number of concerns
were expressed about the police. Individuals who have complaints should
date and sign a written statement detailing the nature of their complaint.
Please be
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