Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Sixty-five people attended the feature session of the Socialist Party's two-day national summer school on "The great debate — Who would best represent working class people?" at Trades Hall Bar on February 6.
Speakers for
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On March 19, the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families for Peace and hurricane survivors' groups will
Doug Lorimer
The Danish government's defence of the publication by a Danish newspaper of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed, including one with the 7th century Arab religious leader wearing a turban with a bomb attached to it, has provoked
Bob Elliston, Hobart
A five-year campaign to save part of historic Recherche Bay, in south-east Tasmania, has been won, with all parties involved having achieved a satisfactory resolution. The agreement was announced on February 8 by Labor Premier
Tim Doughney, Melbourne
"To not speak out against racism would be cowardly", Dean Mighell, Victorian secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, told an anti-racist public forum held at the Brunswick Town Hall on February 9. He said workers should
On February 4, the Saharawi Red Crescent made an urgent appeal for assistance for 158,000 Saharawi refugees in the south of Algeria. Emergency food supplies will only last until March, the organisation stated, and medical supplies have already run
MunichDirected by Steven SpielbergWritten by Tony Kushner and Eric RothWith Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Daniel Craig, Hanns Zischler
REVIEW BY KIM BULLIMORE
Steven Spielberg's film Munich, on the aftermath of the
This City Now: Glasgow and its Working Class PastBy Ian R. MitchellLuath Press, 2005180 pages
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
If Edinburgh was the city of the 18th century enlightened bourgeoisie, Glasgow was, and to a certain extent still is, the city of
Ron Perkins, Perth
Following the surprise resignation last month of Geoff Gallop as WA premier, a by-election for his vacated seat of Victoria Park will be held on March 11.
Victoria Park has been held by the ALP continuously since 1953. In such
Raul Bassi
On December 18 Argentine President Nestor Kirchner announced that his government would be paying in full, and up-front, its debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — US$9.8 billion. "We have decided to finish with the 50-year-old
Graham Matthews
It's an open secret that the Howard government introduced the Orwellian-named Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) in its Work Choices package as a means to cut the minimum wage. The commission will supercede the Australian
The First CasualtyBy Ben EltonBantam Press, 2005381 pages, $32.95 (pb)
Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror: Observations and Denunciations by a Founding Member of Monty PythonBy Terry JonesNation Books, 2005163 pages, $17.95 (pb)
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