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Brigadista reports on May Day in Caracas

鈥淭he Venezuelan revolution is slowly going forward, despite problems. President Hugo Chavez hasn鈥檛 stopped for a minute in pushing the process ahead, in the face of serious challenges鈥, Coral Wynter, co-leader of the Australian May Day 2008 solidarity brigade to Venezuela, told a meeting of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network on May 26.

South Africa: Marching for justice

Below is an abridged May 26 statement by the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF).

Fighting Fund: 'They must think we are idiots'

聯They must think we are all idiots聰, said an exasperated Friend of 麻豆传媒 last week in response to the parliamentary debate about rising petrol prices.

War poet's words still resonate

On April 28, an Australian soldier died in Afghanistan 聴 the fifth since the US-led invasion in October 2001. He was part of an international invasion force to impose a colonial occupation on the Afghan people.

Defend artistic freedom: The case against censorship

鈥淏eautiful鈥, 鈥渉aunting鈥, 鈥渄ark鈥, 鈥渆vocative鈥 or 鈥渞evolting鈥, 鈥渋ndecent鈥, 鈥渆xploitative鈥 and 鈥減ornographic鈥? The May 22 seizure of 20 photographs by Australian artist Bill Henson from Sydney鈥檚 Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, and the subsequent NSW police investigation, have provoked an extreme response.

Change is on the agenda

Sounds like change
3CR radiothon
June 2-13

Petrol populism and public transport

Petrol prices have sky-rocketed in the last six months. The cost per litre now pushes $1.60, with predictions in some quarters of a $2 per litre price by the end of the year.

On the box

UFOs, Lies and the Cold War 鈥 Argues that from 1947 into the 1960s, US intelligence was able to use UFO paranoia strategically to cover up secret weapons testing. SBS, Friday, June 6, 2.30pm. Embassy Days 鈥 Follows the evolution of the

Sydney on the streets

Sense of a City
Regard Gallery, 372 Wilson Street, Darlington
June 13-29, 11am-5pm daily
Opening June 12, 6pm

What would a liveable city look like?

When one sees a modern city from the air, especially at night, it is a truly awe-inspiring spectacle. The immensity of the project is a testimony to the power and creativity of human beings. However, on the ground and actually living and working in this wonder, things are quite different: the social and ecological problems crowd in and fill your view. The truth is that our cities have always been dominated by the rich and powerful, and built and operated to serve their needs rather than those of the mass of working people who live and toil in them.

'Enough of these fools': French students on the move

鈥淓nough of these fools who shut factories and shut schools!鈥 was a chant of thousands of student protesters as they marched on May 18 against the neoliberal education reforms in France. The conservative government of President Nicolas Sarkozy鈥檚 restructure of the education system will mean 11,200 teachers will lose their jobs as well as the cutting of 鈥渙ptional鈥 subjects, such as foreign languages and art.

Utah Phillips, 1935-2008

@intro =I wouldn聮t want to elevate anybody to inappropriately high heights, but for me, Utah Phillips was a legend.