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Wheeling and dealing

Rats in the RanksA film by Bob Connolly and Robin AndersonScreening at the Valhalla in Glebe and other cinemas in Sydney until mid-NovemberReviewed by Bruce Threlfo Many people would be surprised that the usually mundane event of a mayoral election

Strong support for campaigning union

By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — In recent elections for the Northern Territory University Student Union, the Higher Education Action Team won two of the three executive positions and two of the three council positions it contested. Resistance and HEAT

People-powered radio

Last week, Green Left Weekly's KATRINA DEAN spoke to LIZ O'BRIEN, manager of Community Radio 2XX in Canberra, about the station's 20th anniversary this year. In 1975, the Council of Social Services, Council of Cultural Societies, the Sports Council,

Resisting racism in WA

By Anne O'Callaghan PERTH — You know that the system is in trouble when they start playing the race card. It's like beating up some of the passengers on the Titanic — it makes some people feel in control, while the ship keeps sinking. This is

Images of control

SociobeastFlipside PerformanceDispensary Cafe84 Enmore Road, Newtown, SydneyNovember 1-4 and 6Previewed by Nick Fredman Sociobeast examines the evolving and contradictory relationship between humanity, society and technology. In a collage of images

Labor right wins University of Canberra

Labor right wins University of Canberra By Nick Soudakoff CANBERRA — After losing the student elections at the Australian National University a few weeks ago, Labor right won the positions of president, women's officer and environment officer,

Looking out: Thanks

Looking out: Thanks By Brandon Astor Jones "I know Glenys will fill you in on the news from her [and] from me ... I first heard you were in Reidsville from ... who left a message on my tape machine on Thursday morning." — Diane L. Post By

Radio highlights

Full Pay and Benefits — A radio play by Colin Free. Peter Dudley and Currie are trade unionists who meet a horrible death when the van they are driving explodes, sabotaged by boss's goons in the midst of a bitter industrial dispute. Transported

IOC creates spectre of 'terrorism' at Olympics

IOC creates spectre of 'terrorism' at Olympics By Stuart Russell Aboriginal leaders have reacted angrily to remarks suggesting that they intend to "hijack" the Sydney Olympic Games. After visiting last month, the chairman of the International

CFMEU: Back to basics?

PERTH — Green Left Weekly's ANTHONY BENBOW spoke with the state secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Bill Ethel; opposition ticket member Joe McDonald; and the Builders Labourers, Painters and Plasterers Union state

Secondary students protest anti-youth

By Paul Howes SYDNEY — Around 500 high school students from across the city walked out of school on October 22 to voice their opposition to the NSW government's "street safety legislation". The proposed legislation gives police the power to break

Write on: Letters to the editor

Hanson There was a telling juxtaposition on Channel 9 on the evening of October 20. Sixty Minutes showed Pauline Hanson in a ferocious argument with some young Murris in Ipswich. The upshot was that she had one arrested for swearing. Straight