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Greek tragedy meets black Australia

Black MedeaDirected by Wesley EnochBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyUntil May 8CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, from May 12 REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE As director, Wesley Enoch has given us such outstanding theatrical successes as The Sapphires, Radiance,

No VSU! Students won't be silenced

Students won't be silenced Zoe Kenny This year the federal government is moving ahead with its anti-student union legislation, euphemistically referred to as "voluntary student unionism". VSU is designed to eliminate the funding base for

EAST TIMOR: Protests in Dili challenge government

Jon Lamb A series of rallies organised by the Catholic Church in East Timor is another sign of the simmering discontent and frustration held by many East Timorese. Ostensibly rallies about religious education in schools, the demonstrations — the

Loose cannons

Negligible difference "There would be little difference for businesses between a Labour and Tory government, says Richard Branson. Asked which party would be better for business, the Virgin tycoon said: 'Arguably, it doesn't matter.' He told the

GLW to co-sponsor Pilger film festivals

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

Solidarity toast hails Venezuela revolution

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

May Day in Australia

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

BRITAIN: Students stop deportations

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

Behind the wire

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

MUA struggle: how we beat Howard last time

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

Ratzinger: the Rottweiler as Pope

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,

VIETNAM: 30 years later, war crimes go on and on

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