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Issue No. 265 | 27 May 2005 |
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Hit and Myth
Interview: Fortress NSW Unions: Fashions Afield Industrial: Pay Dirt Politics: Infrastructure Blues History: Big Day Out International: Making History Economics: The Fear Factor Review: The Robots Revolt Poetry: The Corporation's Power
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
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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. The Wages of Spin From the company behind the smash hit stage production of the "Children Overboard" Inquiry, CMI: version 1.0 presents The Wages of Spin Does it matter we went to war on a lie? Sydney: May 20 - Jun 5 Canberra: July 20 - 30 > "You went abroad in our name on a just cause.... Thank you from Australia." - John Howard > "Nobody knows, nobody has asked and nobody even tries to establish what the level of casualties might be. That is true, isn't it?" - Senator John Faulkner, Senate Estimates Committee > There is no point in producing information that may be misleading or unhelpful." - Defence Minister, Senator Robert Hill, in response. Last year Sydney's version 1.0 went overboard with its surreal and gut-wrenching CMI (A Certain Maritime Incident), taking the transcript of the Senate's "Children Overboard" Inquiry as a performance text. Now the company has turned its attention to the war on Iraq, and the fabricated (and shifting) justifications for it, with a new show, The Wages of Spin (Performance Space, May 20 - June 5). The Wages of Spin is political theatre, version 1.0 style - playful, surreal, visceral and tragic, with no easy answers. There may be casualties. There certainly will be liberties taken with the found texts. So, in the words of a thousand arts journos and a thousand PR hacks, what can the audience expect to see? Expect to see kittens in gift-wrapped boxes, flag gags, fake blood, shock-and-awe slapstick and Benny Hill-esque puns about weapons of mass destruction. Expect to laugh... until you're confronted with the horrors of POW interrogations. Expect to see some serious grappling with the horrific possibility that the Right may have been right... the war may have been a good thing. The Wages of Spin plays to Sydney's chardonnay set at Performance Space (May 20 - June 5), before entertaining Canberra's political elites at The Street Theatre (July 20 -30). Bookings: Sydney, 02 9698 7235 or [email protected], Canberra 02 6247 1223. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artists Performer/Devisers: Stephen Klinder, Deborah Pollard & David Williams Dramaturgy: Paul Dwyer Outside Eye: Yana Taylor Lighting: Simon Wise Video: Sean Bacon Sound: Gail Priest Producer: Harley Stumm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Performance Space, 199 Cleveland St Redfern. 20 May - 5 June (Wed - Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm) Tix $25/20/15. Bookings: 02 9698 7235 or [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canberra The Street Theatre, Cnr Childers St & University Ave. July 20 - 30 (Tue - Sat 8pm + 2pm matinee, Sat 30th) Tix $29/24. Bookings: 02 6247 1223 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Media Info Harley Stumm 0411 330 654 or [email protected] Print-friendly Attachment contains more info about version 1.0 & the artists Tim Anderson on Civil Liberties
Dr Tim Anderson understands like almost no one else in Australia what hysteria about terrorism can mean. On 13 February 1978, a bomb exploded in a garbage truck outside the hotel housing delegates for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting, killing three men. The Prime Minister ordered out the army, the media called for a crackdown ... and Tim Anderson spent over eight years in gaol for a crime he did not commit. In this special meeting, Tim offers his unique perspective on why the erosion of civil rights under the war on terror should concern us all. Other speakers include Margarita Windisch from the Socialist Alliance and Melbourne Stop the War Coalition and Les Thomas, the brother of Jack Thomas, who currently faces trial on 'terrorist' offences, on the basis of evidence gathered under duress in a Pakistan military prison with no access to a lawyer.
Tuesday 2 June 7pm RMIT Kaleide Theatre 360 Swanston Street City $5/$3
Organised by Justice for Jack Thomas Campaign O409 399 429/ O3 9639 8622 For more on the Anderson case, see http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/hilton.html SLAPP in the face of democracy Public forum on how corporate legal actions try to silence community groups 6:00pm - 8:00pm Friday 17 June 2005 NSW Law Society, 170 Phillip St, Sydney Committee Room 2, Level 2 Bob Brown - Gunns 20 defendant, Greens Senator Peter Cashman - General Counsel, Maurice Blackburn Cashman Robin Banks - Director, Public Interest Advocacy Centre The legal limits of political protest in Australia are being squeezed by law reforms and SLAPP suits (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) which pit corporate interests against community groups. On 13 December 2004, logging company Gunns filed a $6.3 million writ in the Victorian Supreme Court alleging damage had been caused to Gunns' business in the course of a forest campaign. Defendants in this action include Senator Bob Brown, The Wilderness Society and individual activists. Meanwhile at a federal level, the Howard Government is pushing for a uniform defamation law, which will allow corporations to sue community groups and individuals for defamation. All welcome - entry is free Organised by Greens MP Lee Rhiannon and the Legal Observers Project (Sydney) For information contact Jemma Bailey on 0401 666 434 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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