Democracy ACT-style
CANBERRA — ACT chief minister Kate Carnell announced her resignation on October 17, just before a no-confidence motion was to be debated by the ACT Legislative Assembly. Carnell's resignation prevented the possibility of an
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The last issue of Green Left Weekly inadvertently printed a photograph of an Aboriginal activist who has died. We sincerely apologise for any distress this may have caused Aboriginal people.
BY ZANNY BEGG
SYDNEY — Inside the luxurious Westin Hotel on October 20, young business entrepreneurs rubbed shoulders with corporate leaders from such companies as Chubb Security, AMP, Multiplex, Coles Myer and British American Tobacco and then
A Room for Romeo BrassDirected by Shane MeadowsWritten by Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser
REVIEW BY JONATHAN SINGER
The dramatic and comic realism of A Room for Romeo Brass carries an emotional punch, but in the end the blow is only lightly felt.
RAMALLAH The events of the last 20 days in Palestine are without doubt
the most significant since the signing of the Oslo Accords in September
1993. They have brought to the fore the tensions inherent in any solution
to the Palestinian
Thank you
"Enough is enough Brandon Jones." — Warden Fred Head
The words above were said to me on September 29 at approximately 9.50am. Mr Head made it clear to me that he has been getting your letters regarding my complaints about the mail
End the brutal massacre against the Palestinians!
End the occupation!
The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) condemns the acts of war being carried out by the Israeli state against the Palestinian people.
The current uprising by Palestinians is a
BY JANINE CURLL
SYDNEY — On October 16, Sutherland Entertainment Centre echoed to the chants of "Refugees yes! Racism no! Philip Ruddock has got to go".
Fifteen activists from the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) confronted the federal
Seattle protesters sue
SEATTLE — Lawyers for anti-corporate tyranny activists sued Seattle officials on October 3 for violating the free-speech rights of hundreds of people arrested for entering an emergency "no-protest zone" during the
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Victorian tip-truck owner-drivers are on strike for better cartage rates. They have forced the state's plant hire companies to agree to improved rates, but are still in dispute with quarry owners.
Most of the drivers
BY JO BROWN& KIM BULLIMORE
Efforts towards peace in Palestine can only succeed if past injustices are redressed, Alex Koutab from Victoria's Palestinian community and the Australian Arabic Council told 50 people at a public meeting organised by the
Galileo's Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and LoveBy Dava SobelFourth Estate, 2000429 pp., $22.95 (pb)
The verdict was "vehemently suspected of heresy" for holding the false doctrine, "contrary to Holy Scripture", that the Sun, not the Earth,
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