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WA TLC attempts to close 'workers' embassy'

WA TLC attempts to close 'workers' embassy' By Michael Bramwell and Mary Nielson PERTH — November 5 was Guy Fawkes Day, named after the man who was executed in 1606 for attempting to detonate a bomb under the British parliament. A ball on

There's rebellion and there's rebellion

By Sarah Peart It was the weekend after I attended an inspiring Reclaim The Night march against domestic violence that I picked up the October issue of the Australian music magazine Rolling Stone. It contained an interview with Prodigy (the

Don't mess with the bugs

MimicDirected by Guillermo Del TorroREP Film DistributionNational release on November 27 Review by Jon Land As summer creeps up on us, we venture to the beach and the "great outdoors" to worship the sun and grill bits of dead cow and onion on

Environment film festival on the big screen

SYDNEY — The Wild Spaces Environmental Film Festival will be held in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains from November 25-29. Wild Spaces seeks to inform people on crucial environmental issues and offers a platform for discussion about issues that are

Protesters condemn Shell

Protesters condemn Shell During Sydney-wide protests against the Shell oil company on November 10, environmentalists in the Lane Cove River Valley joined Friends of the Earth to picket the Shell service station on Epping Road, in John Howard's

ANC Youth League bids for private prisons

ANC Youth League bids for private prisons By Norm Dixon The African National Congress Youth League has put a new spin on the slogan "From the politics of liberation to the politics of reconstruction". According to the November 8

The romantic poets come to life in Adelaide

ADELAIDE — CATHERINE CARTER, director of Theatre Praxis's latest production of British playwright Howard Brenton's Bloody Poetry, spoke to Â鶹ӳ»­ Weekly's NATALIE WOODLOCK about the play. "Bloody Poetry explores the lives and political ideas of

and ain't i a woman?: Token action on domestic violence

... Token action on domestic violence One week after thousands attended the Reclaim the Night marches around the country, the Howard government brazenly reaffirmed its lack of commitment to tackling domestic violence. Publicised as a

WorkCover rally shows support for a real campaign

By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Around 40,000 workers gathered on November 12 for the second Victorian Trades Hall Council-organised rally against the state government's proposed changes to the WorkCover scheme. The crowd marched to Parliament

'Who wants to live near a nuclear dump?'

'Who wants to live near a nuclear dump?' By Andy Gianniotis SYDNEY — More than 150 people crammed into the Sutherland Shire council chambers on November 10 for a special meeting of the shire's environment and health committee. The meeting

Widespread oppression of women workers in Indonesia

Widespread oppression of women workers in Indonesia By Becky Ellis The rapid development of export industries in Indonesia since the 1970s has significantly increased women's participation in the industrial work force. Indonesian women are

Eighty years later, Russians want socialism

Eighty years later, Russians want socialism By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Eighty years ago, on November 7, Petrograd workers and soldiers under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party swept into oblivion a government whose continued