It's celebrity time again. The Golden Globes have been, and the Oscars are coming. This is a 鈥渧intage year鈥 say Hollywood's hagiographers on cue. It isn't.
Most movies are made to a formula for the highest return, money-fuelled by marketing and something called celebrity. This is different from fame, which can come with talent. True celebrities are spared that burden.
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鈥淭he age of entitlement is over,鈥 Treasurer Joe Hockey has bluntly told the Australian people. Hockey, entitled to a six-figure pension every year when he retires, suggests we must learn to get on with less.
The West Papuan independence movement's hopes of of gaining a foothold in the international community were set back when foreign minsters visiting West Papua pledged non-interference with Indonesia.
Last June, the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit met in Noumea, New Caledonia, and discussed a membership application from the West Papua National Council for Liberation (WPNCL). The summit postponed the decision until a ministerial delegation visited West Papua to determine the legitimacy of the group and to assess the situation in the occupied country.
A New Zealand newspaper has sparked outrage after declaring 鈥減rotest-free news鈥 and printing a white power symbol to mark the country's official founding as a European colony.
The New Zealand Herald drew ire from readers over its outspoken refusal to cover otherwise high-profile protests by indigenous Maori on Waitangi Day. Commemorated on February 6, it is a state holiday marking the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between the British crown and tribal delegations.
The growing ecological crisis and impending environmental catastrophe is leading more on the left to recognise that we need both red and green in our politics 鈥 we have to be ecosocialists. One without the other is not going to work.
That is the strong message from the French Left Party, which has called for the founding of a European network, opposing the environmental degradation caused by capitalism鈥檚 relentless drive for profit.
The Brisbane branch of Socialist Alliance released this statement on February 5.
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The Griffith by-election comes after a series of statements by the federal government that demonstrate just how anti-people and anti-environment the Liberal-National Coalition government really is.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has flatly lied to the public, claiming that SPC Ardmona is suffering because of 鈥渙ver generous鈥 wages and conditions for the workers. This is part of his broader attacks on workers鈥 rights and the unions, and the return of the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
The national elections held on February 2 cannot solve the Thai political crisis because those lined up against the government and democratic elections are fundamentally opposed to democracy.
The election was marred by violence from right-wing Democrat Party thugs who were determined to prevent voting from taking place. Armed thugs fired automatic weapons into crowds of people seeking to vote. These thugs have been enjoying total impunity for more than a month while intimidating voters and candidates.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for an 鈥渆radication鈥 of 鈥渃olonialism鈥 in Latin America at the annual summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
During the summit held in Cuba鈥檚 capital, Havana, over January 28 and 29, Maduro called for Puerto Rican independence and an end to British administration of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, to which Argentina claims sovereignty.
Puerto Rica was offered full membership of CELAC under a proposal made to the summit by Venezuela.
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