Vigil for refugees 1
NEWCASTLE A chilly night here on July 5 did not prevent 30 people from gathering in Civic Park for a vigil in support of the refugees on hunger strike in the Woomera detention centre.
Dave McKay and Cherry from the
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Museworthy: Jose Touches His Toes
Jose's smooth bum
leans up against the cold wall
Tight pants
go all the way to the floor
And Jose says
It feels like a cunt
It really does
And the man looks
at Jose's smooth face
and
Queensland band Future Native is flying high after the successful launch
of its debut single Your Backyard. A rousing rendition of its reconciliation
song Kakadu is also included.
The purpose of Your Backyard, says Future Native's
BY ARUN PRADHAN
It is not difficult to understand the motives of people who want
to break refugees out of the desert prison at Woomera or any other refugee
prison. But is it the way we'll force the government to abandon its racist
Bradbury film
In seeing David Bradbury's new documentary film Fond Memories of Cuba on opening night, I was thoroughly disappointed with its simplistic and muddled portrayal of Cuba from such a renowned left-wing filmmaker.
To a less informed
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART The controversial Southwood woodchip mill proposal was approved by Tasmania's Resource Planning and Development Commission on July 3.
Despite onerous conditions imposed by the commission, Labor Premier Jim Bacon's
No just business as usual, Economist magazine, East India Company, Daniel Drew, South Sea Company, Mississippi Company, Wall Street, John Law">
WorldCom: media excuses corporate greed
BY PETER BOYLE
In the wake of the US$3.8 billion WorldCom
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
Secret Ballot
Written and directed by Babak Payami
Starring Nassim Abdi
and Cyrus Ab
Distributed by Celluloid Dreams (< info@celluloid-dreams.com>)
Screened at the
49th Sydney Film Festival
BY ROWAN STEWART
GEELONG On June 28, 600 Australian Manufacturing Workers Union,
Electrical Trades Union and Australian Workers Union members and contractors
from the joint Alcoa and Kaal aluminium smelter and rolling operations
at Point
More than 400 Afghans protested outside the United Nations compound
in Kabul on July 4, according to the BBC. The demonstration was against
the July 1 US bombing raid in the country's south-west that slaughtered
at least 40 people, possibly
[This is a model motion unionists can move in their union to support the AMWU leaders under attack.]
That [workers/unionists from this workplace/meeting] note the role played by the leadership of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA On June 25, the Jakarta Media Centre was packed to overflowing.
Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) and Dita Sari,
the most prominent labour movement figure in Indonesia, were going to speak
on the
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