Tim Anderson鈥檚 new documentary on the East Timor-Cuba health cooperation program is an inspiration. The Doctors of Tomorrow, which was launched at a screening on June 12 hosted by NSW Greens MLC John Kaye, was filmed in both countries, and documents the human face of Cuba鈥檚 profound international solidarity.
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Resistance activist Naomi Rodgers-Falk and Socialist Alliance聮s Margaret Gleeson led a roundtable discussion with 25 others on 聯Solutions to the global food crisis聰 at Northey Street City Farm on June 8.
Between June 10-13, NSW Nurses Association (NSWNA) branches met to consider the state government聮s paltry offer of a 3.9% wage rise over one year, with strings attached.
Opponents of the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam on the Mary River, inland from the Sunshine Coast, are preparing for a mass protest march to the Queensland ALP state conference on June 21.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Based on the Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis
In cinemas
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Based on the Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis
In cinemas
The pro-corporate European Union Lisbon treaty has been rejected by voters in a referendum in the Republic of Ireland, according to a June 13 BBC.co.uk report.
There has been a lot of speculation in the mainstream media about whether or not Labor PM Kevin Rudd鈥檚 honeymoon with 鈥渢he electorate鈥 (that is media-speak for us) is over.
Sex in the City
Directed by Michael Patrick King
With Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall
In cinemas
Directed by Michael Patrick King
With Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall
In cinemas
A Chinese man, Pang Pang, was deported back to Tian Jing province last week from Sydney聮s Villawood detention centre. After he had been placed into State 1 at Villawood 聴 the immigration prison聮s maximum security area 聴 he had asked to see his case officer. No-one came to see him for two weeks, and he was subsequently deported.
The six anti-war activists who occupied arms manufacturer Raytheon鈥檚 offices in Derry and destroyed its computers 鈥 part of the Raytheon 9 who took part in the action 鈥 have been acquitted by a jury in Belfast on June 11.
The state aid debate of recent years has raised some issues that have, until now, largely been neglected. One of these is the extent to which the Catholic education system, which relies heavily on the public purse, is fulfilling its own objectives.
While the increasing censorship of art made headlines with the police raid and confiscation of Bill Henson聮s work in Sydney, this is far from a stand-alone case of political interference in art.
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