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Their globalisation and ours

BY LISA MACDONALD The May 2 Sydney Morning Herald editorial ("Globalisation for All") expressed surprise that May Day "should now be transmogrified into an all-purpose protest against a range of ills for which capitalism can, against all the

Corporate media lies about M1

BY SEAN HEALY The mainstream media's coverage of the M1 protests outside the Australian Stock Exchange bore little resemblance to what really happened. Just as at S11 in Melbourne, most who took part would have been left wandering whether there

'Ideological gunfighters' for the poor

BanditsBy Eric HobsbawmWeidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000226 pages, $40 (hb) BY PHIL SHANNON Thirteenth-century peasants are rarely the objects of Hollywood's attention. The notable exception, of course, is Robin Hood. The celluloid homage paid to Robin

SOUTH AFRICA: Former rivals unite to fight ANC attacks

BY HEINRICH BOHMKE DURBAN — About 40 kilometres outside Durban is an industrial and farming node called Hammarsdale. It appears suddenly at the end of a short rural road just off the N3 freeway and consists of a grid of streets forming 16 blocks.

ASX blockaders close Bridge Street

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — Just four weeks before the big day, M1 Sydney activists were debating the possibility of mobilising 2000 people for the May 1 blockade of the Australian Stock Exchange in Bridge Street. Despite persistent rain on the

A tribute to the 'American system'

Undue Risk: secret state experiments on humansBy Jonathan MorenoRoutledge, 2001371 pages, $41 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON When Ebb Cade, a black 53-year-old cement worker, had a car accident in Tennessee in March 1945, he received more than he

Indonesian activist speaks out

SYDNEY — Solidarity was still needed to help Indonesian workers organise for democracy and justice, Indonesian activist Nieke told a forum here on May 2. Nieke is a leader of the Indonesian People's Democratic Party and a researcher into the

Faces of the Maasai

Seeing with the HeartBy Judy KingAt the Galleries Primitif, Woollahra, SydneyOpens May 11 SYDNEY — A stint as a volunteer nurse in Africa was the inspiration for Judy King's exhibition Seeing with the Heart, which opens on May 11. The mixed media

Melbourne CBD a 'liberated zone'

BY MARGARITA WINDISCH MELBOURNE — It was a dark and foggy morning, making the CBD's skyscrapers seem even more alien, but the air was filled with excitement and anticipation. By 6am, a solid number of protesters had gathered outside the

Save the ABC: Shier should take a quantum leap

BY ADAM MACLEAN Public calls for the sacking of ABC managing director Jonathan Shier, chairperson Donald McDonald and the whole ABC board are growing. If the national broadcaster is to be saved from the oblivion the Coalition clearly wishes to

May Day around the world

BY NORM DIXON May 1, the international day of solidarity with the struggles of the working class and the oppressed, was marked by millions of people around the world. In some countries, young militants inspired by the wave of mass

Springsteen: stars and stripes to the red star

REVIEW BY RICHARD PITHOUSE Live in New YorkBruce Springsteen and the E-Street BandSony Music Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band have released a new double live album that has achieved the unusual feat of winning extraordinary critical