Chris Williams
Outside cinemas around the country, a new "parliament of the streets" is developing as people discuss and debate Michael Moore's new film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Cinemas have been packed out by people attending previews of what is fast
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In the editorial in GLW #590, Kim Beazley was incorrectly described as the Hawke Labor government's defence minister at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. Beazley was defence minister in the Hawke government from 1984 until 1990. At the time of 1991 Gulf
Ray Jackson
On St. Valentines Day, February 14, the Young Man from Kamilaroi — the 17-year-old son of Gail Hickey — was impaled on a metal fence in Waterloo. He died the next morning of his horrific injuries. The following day the so-called
Protests mark World Bank's 60th birthday
On July 22, activists around the world marked the World Bank's 60th birthday with a global day of protest. Protests were held in Jakarta, London, Geneva, Lima and Washington DC. In Potosi, a Bolivian mining
CANBERRA — Destruction of Canberra Nature Reserve by the ACT Labor government to make way for the Gungahlin Drive extension. A Save the Ridge protest rally took place at the site on July 24.
Photo by Geoff Woolfenden.From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly,
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
On July 21, the national council of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union expelled former AMWU Victorian secretary Craig Johnston from the union. The expulsion was another step in the attempt by the National Left faction
The July 7 announcement that Australia will host three "training centres" for joint US-Australia military exercises has sparked widespread opposition. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's Kathy Newnam spoke to a range of organisations and activists from the Northern
REVIEW BY PIP HINMAN
Axis of DeceitBy Andrew WilkieBlack Inc. Agenda, 2004200 pages, $29.95 (pb)
Andrew Wilkie rose to global prominence as the only spook working for a "coalition of the willing" government to resign in protest against the
Dialectics for Kids websiteBy Jack Lucero Fleck<http://home.igc.org/~venceremos>
REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY
At the mere mention of dialectical materialism there's sure to be some groans. Diamat is that part of Marxism that is supposedly the
Robyn Marshall, Brisbane
On July 21, 70 people gathered outside the Queensland parliament to protest the defunding of the Queensland Aids Council (QuAC).
For nearly 20 years, QuAC has delivered high quality services to people with HIV/AIDS.
Dave Riley, a Socialist Alliance activist, has set up the Who's with Michael Moore? web blog to provide activists and other movie-goers with an opportunity to express their views about Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and the uproar it has provoked.
Jesse Butler
In 2003, a court decision upheld the right of eight Maori tribes of the Marlborough Sands to pursue their claim that certain areas of the foreshore and seabed in the Sounds were customary Maori land.
In response, the NZ government
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