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Issue No. 261 | 29 April 2005 |
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Lest We Forget
Interview: Australia@Work Unions: State of the Union Industrial: Fashion Accessories Legal: Leg Before Picket Politics: Business Welfare Brats Health: Cannabis Controversy Economics: Debt, Deficit, Downturn History: Politics In The Pubs Review: Three Bob's Worth Poetry: Do The Slowly Chokie
The Soapbox The Locker Room Culture Parliament
 It's Criminal
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Activists Activist’s What’s On!
Union Aid Abroad APHEDA raffle The annual Union Aid Abroad APHEDA raffle is on again. There are wonderful prizes including an around the world trip for two and the proceeds go to UAA-APHEDA's work to help build human rights, workers' rights and justice in developing countries. If you can sell a book of tickets to friends, family and workmates please contact UAA - APHEDA on tel. 1800 888 674 or by email [email protected] The raffle closes on June 2nd with the winner drawn on June 16th. Amnesty International Australia (AIA) NSW trade union group Alison Peters is keen to establish a AIA trade union group in NSW. The group would work on campaigns where people have suffered human rights abuses for establishing, joining or belonging to trade unions and also to involve NSW unions more broadly in AIA's campaigns. If you are interested give her a call on 0425 231 814 or email her at [email protected] Anthem will be shown in Sydney Fri 29 April, Sat 30 Apr and Sun 1 May.
NEW AUSTRALIAN DOCO JUDGED AUSTRALIA'S "DOWN UNDER FAHRENHEIT 9/11" Variety International
Pabrikproductions in association with Mediaworld present a three night screening of ANTHEM A film by Tahir Cambis and Helen Newman Anthem is a quest for nothing less than Australia‚s soul and maybe our most important film ever." Encore magazine In 2000 Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Tahir Cambis and Helen Newman embarked on a personal quest spanning four years and five continents. The result: Anthem, a controversial documentary movie that is a dramatic, intimate witness to people‚s lives caught up in the age of the War on Terror. Including commentators and characters such as Julian Burnside QC, Tony Kevin, Paul McGeough, Tim Page, Phillip Ruddock and John Howard Anthem combines live action with on-the-spot reportage as it presents the viewer with the devastating consequences and acts of resistance to the "War on Terror‚" From a bounty hunter in Kabul to 9/11 families in New York; from war correspondents in Baghdad to refugees in Australia; the filmmakers take the viewer to the frontline of history. Anthem explores the very stories and issues that constantly dominant our news: detention centres, the war on terror, our relationship with America. Funded by the Australian people through the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria, Anthem is a timely opportunity to review the course of our recent history and the costs of the path we have chosen. Yet apart from emotionally charged screenings at film festivals Anthem has been ignored by distributors and broadcasters. "Never has a film been so fatheadly neglected by the ABC and SBS, its natural homes." Bob Ellis Screened in 2004 at the Sydney Film Festival to a standing ovation Anthem can now be seen at The Screening Room on April 29th, 30th and May 1st. Accompanying each session will be special guest speakers followed by a lively post film discussion with the filmmakers. The Friday night opening will be focused on the role of filmmakers and independent media producers as critical tools in shaping vital public discourse. "Anthem doesn't just shake the fence, it completely destroys it." Sydney Film Festival Anthem places itself within the frame, aiming a critical lens on the role and responsibility of filmmakers and wider media in generating public discourse and maintaining strong convictions in the face of creeping censorship across the industry. Independent media producers and filmmakers are encouraged to attend and be part of this much needed debate. Each evening will commence at 7pm for a 7.30pm screening and cost $10 entry donation.
MAY DAY TOAST 7pm Thursday 28th April at the South Sydney Leagues Club, 256 Chalmers St, Sydney. Cost is $20 each and bookings/inquiries can be made to Jaime Midson on 9265 8438. MAY DAY MARCH Unionists are asked to assemble from 11am on Sunday 1st May in Hyde Park North with the march starting at 12 noon. Speakers are John Robertson (Unions NSW), Maree O'Halloran (NSW Teachers' Federation), Senator Kerry Nettle and Hannah Middleton (peace activist) May Day Lunch with Eric Aarons Produced by Casula Powerhouse Arts centre Our annual May Day lecture explores how we might instigate change in a vastly different world from that in which May Day demonstrations were first born. In 2005, Eric Aarons will present a discussion about our value systems, global economies, religion, environment and egalitarianism. Author and sculpture, Eric Aarons, has lived in China and travelled to the Soviet Union, Cuba, Chile and Vietnam. Eric has held some of the highest positions in the Australian Communist Party. His unique perspective is retold in his body of writing and critical thought, including Philosophy for an Exploding World, What's left? and What's Right? "Perhaps more than any other time, there is today an essential role for rational thought; there is reality to study and grapple with; there are worthwhile, indeed essential things that can be done. Our values tell us what is worthwhile, and the passion with which we hold to them provides the motivation to tackle the tasks involved." - Eric Aarons, What's Left?, Penguin, 1993. Neale Towart from Unions NSW will facilitate the program. Join Eric and Neale afterwards, over lunch, for further discussion of his ideas and the role of May Day in contemporary Australia. WHERE Liverpool Regional Museum Cnr Hume Hwy and Congressional Drive Liverpool WHEN Monday, 2 May 2005 11am - 2pm COST $10 per head (includes lunch) RSVP Please RSVP by Wednesday, 27 April 2005. Black Diamonds and Dust Greg Bogaerts' Black Diamonds and Dust will be launched at the Emerging Writers' Festival by Overland Editor Nathan Hollier Saturday May 7 at 4.30 pm at the Victoria Hotel 215 Little Collins St Please visit this site for more information http://www.vulgar.com.au/forthcom.html please rsvp if you intend to come to the launch Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA Study Tour Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA is inviting applications for of East Timor a study tour between July 17th and 24th. The ideal participant will be active in the Australian trade union movement, deeply committed to international solidarity, and keen to investigate the effectiveness of APHEDA projects in East Timor. An ability to have fun and enjoy warm weather is also a must! The cost of the study tour is $2,050 which includes airfare ex-Darwin, accommodation, in-country transport, interpreter services, breakfasts and the study tour itself. For more information about contact Thomas Michel (02) 9264 9343, 0410 814 360
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