These are born in your children. They go fishing. They shake everything out. Once there were men and women who tried to hide history, to bury it in the bed of the sea where they believed sound sleep possible. Their hands were huge but not real. They
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Wherever we operate, we work as closely as possible with our hosts,
respecting laws and customs minimising, adverse impacts and ensuring transfer
of benefits and enhancement of opportunities. Rio Tinto 2000 Annual
Review.
BY SEAN HEALY
Humans have made all kinds of nifty things — the axe, the wheel, the spinning jenny, the aeroplane, the pill, the Pentium III computer chip — and achieved all sorts of things with them. But these inventions have not freed society.
Starting From ZeroA documentary by Mandy King & Fabio CavadiniScreening on SBS, Friday, August 17, 8.30pm
REVIEW BY FIONA CROCKFORD
Starting from Zero profiles the return home in October 1999 of three East Timorese exiles following the decisive
Seven years after the African National Congress swept to office on the promise of "a better life for all", the patience of South Africa's working class and poor is wearing thin. Across the country, community organisation and mobilisation is beginning
BY IGGY KIM
Left parties and activists around the world have enthusiastically welcomed a further step in the international process of socialist renewal and regroupment. The Socialist Alliance's first national conference received 41 greetings of
Just ArtShowing August 8-1531 Woods Street, Darwin
REVIEW BY JO ELLIS
Opened by Dadang Christano on August 8, this eclectic collection of artworks by local and international artists, explored the themes of democracy, peace and freedom.
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