BY ALLAN GARDINER
At a nearby table, women in soft headscarves arranged an elaborate hookah among the plates of spiced chicken. Children laughed in and out of the buzzing hall. Brisbane's Palestinian community and their supporters had turned up in
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In Our NameWritten/directed by Nigel Jamieson, in association with the Al Abaddi familyBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyPlaying until May 30
REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE
There are many moments of heart-stopping beauty in this staged narrative of an Iraqi
SYDNEY — On May 1, 100 people attended a Skilled Six campaign fundraiser at the Gaelic Club. The Faigans, Denis Kevans and the Solidarity Choir perfomed. Melbourne Skilled Six campaign activist Simon Miller addressed the gathering along with other
When research shows that violence against women is extremely common, and that young women are particularly vulnerable, violence prevention becomes a matter of national importance. So why has the Australian government indefinitely halted an innovative
Norrian Rundle& Michael O'Reilly, Melbourne
The Australian Education Union (AEU) and the Victorian Labor government announced on April 30 that they had ended their dispute with a new wages deal for the state's 40,000 public school teachers and
Adam Leeman, Sydney
May Day rallies took place around Australia on the May 1-2 weekend. In Sydney, 1000 people marched, including contingents from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous
Iraqis are immaterial
"You can't leave a vacuum." - US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, April 10, arguing against the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
Expert advice
"The Vietnamese people have some friendly advice for the United
Nicole Colson, Chicago
"There are just so many people." — Tawana Evans was overwhelmed by the estimated 1 million turnout for the April 25 march for women's lives in Washington, DC. Travelling from Houston with a Planned Parenthood contingent of
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Students discuss Iraqi resistance
SYDNEY — On April 29, Â鶹ӳ» Weekly journalist Rohan Pearce addressed a Sydney University Resistance Club forum on the growing resistance to the US occupation of Iraq.
"Those who believed that the
Jason Tockman, Caracas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced that the cultivation of genetically modified crops will be prohibited on Venezuelan soil, possibly establishing the most sweeping restrictions on transgenic crops in the
An April Morgan Poll shows that on a two-party preferred basis, voter support for the federal ALP is at 54.5%, while support for the federal Coalition parties is trailing behind at 45.5%.
On these figures, it seems likely that Prime Minister John
Ken Turner, Lismore
Around 1000 people rallied at the Lismore railway station on April 26 to protest state government plans to close the Casino-Murwillumbah XPT rail link on May 17.
Protesters wore red to the rally to symbolise that the community
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