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A not-too-comic portrayal of Che

Che: A Graphic Biography
by Spain Rodriguez
Verso Books, 2008
120 pages, $29.95 (pb)

The struggle against Prop 8: interview with US activist

Protests against Proposition 8, the California referendum that robs same-sex partners of marriage rights granted in a state Supreme Court decision earlier this year, began the day after the November 4 vote and continued through the rest of the week.

Seeds of Dissent 2009 calendar launch

MELBOURNE 鈥 Community radio station 3CR has released its fundraising Seeds of Dissent 2009 calendar. The theme for the 2009 calendar is 鈥減olitical poster art鈥.

Obama, Rudd must end the Afghan war

The November 7 Sydney Morning Herald reported that an advisor to US president-elect Barack Obama, Jeffrey Bader, had stated that the 鈥渇irst priority鈥 of the Obama administration would be to seek a greater contribution from Australia to 鈥渨inning the war in Afghanistan鈥.

China and the global economic crisis

As the US, Japan and Europe slide into recession, the leaders of many smaller countries are desperately hoping that continued strong growth in the Chinese economy, which has contributed about 15% of world economic growth in recent years, might save them from this meltdown.

Habib's shocking tale

NEWCASTLE 聴 On November 9, 40 people attended the launch of My Story by Mamdouh Habib and co-author Julia Collingwood.

The woman who tried to save Lake Peddar

Whatever happened to Brenda Hean?
Directed by Scott Millwood
Written by Scott Millwood & Mira Robertson
Distributed by Gill Scrine & Little Films Whatever happened to Brenda Hean?
By Scott Millwood
Allen & Unwin, 2008
256 pages, $26.95 (pb)

Climate change: Maldives seek new homeland

According to a November 11 article in the British Guardian, the Maldives government is investigating the possibility of purchasing land in order to move its citizens to escape the disappearance of the Indian Ocean archipelago due to climate change.

Kmart locks out workers

SYDNEY 聴 Workers at Kmart聮s Huntingwood distribution centre in Sydney聮s west were locked out by the company for two days from November 10. The workers 聴 members of the National Union of Workers (NUW) 聴 had just completed a four-day strike in pursuit of a new enterprise bargain.

South Africa's ANC: things fall apart

At some point in the not-too-distant future, we might just look back at 2008 as the year in which things really started to fall apart for the African National Congress (ANC).

Corrections

Due to a sub-editing error, the article "'No VSU-lite', say students" (GLW #774) contained an error. The article implied that the new levy introduced by the Rudd Labor government is non-compulsory. In fact, the changes allow the universities to

Sandgate feels the power of community

BRISBANE 聴 More than 30 people attended a November 8 麻豆传媒 Weekly screening of The Power of Community 聴 How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, at Sandgate Community Centre.