Compass: Kevin Rudd and the God Factor — Explores what drives federal MP Kevin Rudd and the challenges he faces in elevating the role of religion within the Labor party. ABC, Sunday, February 5, 11.30am.
Mandela: The Living Legend — Tells the
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Jon Lamb
The recent arrival of West Papuan asylum seekers in northern Australia and the restricted release of the United Nations-commissioned report from the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation on human rights abuses in East Timor
Dale Mills
Closed-circuit video cameras in every bank, on every shopfront, and in every shopping mall and train station, all centrally linked, along with every local government and private business security camera, many with live feeds to police
Andrew Hall
The national leadership of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), under Stephen Jones and Margaret Gillespie, was returned in the union's national officers elections held at the end of last year. It was one of the closet results
Doug Lorimer
The US and three of its European Union allies — Britain, France and Germany (the so-called EU-3) — managed to get an emergency meeting of the 35-member board of governors of the UN's Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency
Canada in Haiti: Waging war on the poor majorityBy Yves Engler and Anthony FentonFernwood Publishing, 2005120 pages, C$14.95Order from <http://rabble.ca>
REVIEW BY ROGER ANNIS
Two leading activists for the right of the Haitian people to
Amanda Zivcic, Melbourne
On January 25 and 27, Union Solidarity organised a community picket outside the Fitzroy Postal Delivery Centre. The picket was called in solidarity with shop steward Peter Vining, who was sacked last year.
"Peter was
On January 24, more than 1 million people demonstrated outside the US Interest Section in Havana against US aggression. Days earlier, a screen was installed on the USISH building to display continuous provocative messages. The following is abridged
Renfrey Clarke, Adelaide
The January 18 meeting of the South Australian branch of the Socialist Alliance decided to stand a candidate in the seat of Port Adelaide in the March 18 state election. The Port Adelaide community has some of the strongest
Kim Bullimore
In a stunning victory, the Islamic Palestinian resistance group Hamas claimed 76 of the 132 seats in the second Palestinian Authority (PA) election on January 25. This was the first election for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly
Natalie Zirngast
When the Australian Democrats initiated a private member's bill in October 2005 to remove responsibility for the abortion drug RU486 from the federal health minister and return it to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), an
Mary Merkenich
NSW Premier Morris Iemma says he has a plan for eradicating racism, hooliganism and thuggery. Students, he says, should be taught the "Australian values" of respect and responsibility. Schools should teach Australian identity,
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