The Edukators In German with English subtitlesStarring Daniel Bruhl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart KlaussnerScreenplay by Katharina Held, Hans WeingartnerDirected by Hans Weingartner
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Set in today's Berlin, this
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On May 17, 400 students and staff from universities in Wellington marched to parliament to protest against student debt and to call for free education, a universal student allowance and higher staff wages. For more information, visit
Below is an abridged version of a statement made to the US Senate permanent committee on investigations on May 17 by left-wing British MP George Galloway. The senate committee, head by Republican Norm Coleman, had accused the anti-war MP of receiving
MELBOURNE — Up to 100 people picketed the Swanston Street branch of ANZ on May 12 to protest the bank's role in the corporate plunder of Iraq. The picket was organised by the Melbourne Stop the War Coalition. 'ANZ has a $6 million stake in a
Doug Lorimer
At a May 12 Pentagon press briefing, the top US military officer, Joint Chiefs of Staff head General Richard Myers, admitted that the Iraqi resistance would be capable of mounting a high level of attacks for years to come.
"This is a
Roberto Jorquera, Caracas
Fifty-seven Australians will see the Bolivarian revolution at first hand when they visit Venezuela in July and August this year as part of the first solidarity brigade from Australia. Organised by the Australian Venezuela
MELBOURNE — On May 19, British anti-war campaigner Tariq Ali told an audience of 800 people at RMIT's Storey Hall that the "hollowed out democracies" that existed in the US, Britain and Australia were "iron dictatorships of capital imposing
May 26
1938: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
May 27
1967: 90.8% of Australians vote to remove constitutional discrimination against Aborigines.
May 28
1871: 25,000 people are killed as the Paris Commune
Linda Seaborn, Hobart
Following the May 10 federal budget, anyone in receipt of a parenting payment, i.e., low-income people with children, will now have to work to support themselves after their youngest child turns six.
PM John Howard's theory
Former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston will be released from jail on May 26. Johnston was imprisoned for nine months on charges relating to an industrial dispute in 2001.
Thousands of unionists and
MELBOURNE — On May 18, 90 people, including Indigenous leaders from around Australia, meeting at the Victorian Trades Hall, bar called a mass protest of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Melbourne to coincide with the 2006 Commonwealth
Sarah Bruce
On May 5, the Federal Court handed down a landmark decision in a case brought by two Baxter detainees, known as "M" and "S", against the federal government. Judge Paul Finn found that the commonwealth had a duty to ensure that a level
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