Dendy Cinemas and Green Left Weekly have teamed up to bring cinema audiences in Melbourne (May 6-8) and Brisbane (May 13-15) a festival of John Pilger films featuring all of the well-know radical journalist and film maker's documentaries. The
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Bill Mason, Brisbane
Chants of "Viva Venezuela", and "Viva Chavez" accompanied a toast to the Venezuelan revolution at the Activist Centre on April 16.
The evening featured screenings of Tommy Goes Caracas, about the solidarity visit by Scottish
Stuart Martin
Each year thousands of workers rally and march on May Day. May Day commemorates the worldwide fight by the working class for improved working conditions.
On May 1, 1886, Chicago workers led by the American Federation of Labor struck
Teachers, students and trade unionists have got together to launch a declaration against the deportation of young people and children from Britain, following the success of several spontaneous student protests. In October, when 15-year-old Lorin
Frank Marrinan, Sydney
Small victories at great expense: Nazeer Mohammed Packir Mohammed was sent on Aprl 14 from Villawood detention centre to his original destination — Britain — something he set out to do a year ago, at his own expense. But
Ben Courtice, Melbourne
As the federal Coalition government broadens its attacks on unions, militant unionists are looking back to the 1998 Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) battle for lessons on how to defeat the new industrial relations
Barry Healy
The election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI spells the end of the hope that the Catholic Church may become more liberal. Catholic progressives look back longingly on the era initiated by the 1965 Vatican II Council,
Allen Myers, Ho Chi Minh City
The photographs on the walls of the War Museum in central Ho Chi Minh City are proof, if any more were needed, that the torturing of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers and the wholesale killing of civilians are not
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Since the re-election of Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition government there has been a debate in the union movement about how best to respond to Howard's plan to crack down on the right of workers to organise in unions.
Dear comrades,
From my cell at Loddon Prison, I wish everyone a happy May Day. As a socialist, May Day is the biggest celebratory day of the year for me. This will be the first May Day celebration I have missed for over 20 years. I hope someone
Alex Miller
On April 18 in Glasgow, the Scottish Socialist Party launched its 57-page manifesto for the British general election, scheduled for May 5, with a pledge to build the mass movement against global capitalism.
The manifesto states: "The
Two BrothersBy Hannie RaysonMelbourne Theatre CompanyWith Gary McDonald, Nicholas Eadie, Laura Lattuada, Diane Craig, Rodney AfifAt the PlayhouseUntil May 14
REVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
What do two brothers do when they can't stand each other's
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