For the past eight years, Kinetic Energy Theatre Company has been conducting a radical theatre-in-eduction program with a focus on social justice.
It is called Village Space, which is an umbrella name for a series of theatre projects zooming in on themes ranging from poverty and inequality, displaced people and refugees, civil wars and non-violent direct action, and the environment and climate change.
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A lot of my mates tell me that they're just not that into politics. However, I think what they really mean is that they're not into politicians. And too right, almost all of our politicians are decidedly uninspiring.
But these uninspiring politicians also are condemning, imprisoning and killing innocent people. And they are doing it in our name. This makes politics something we can't afford not to be interested in.
The Socialist Alliance has called for changes to the federal Labor government鈥檚 proposed flood levy to reduce the burden on workers and make Australia鈥檚 wealthiest corporations pay more.
Socialist Alliance national convener Peter Boyle said on February 18: "The government should start with at least a 1.5% levy on the profits of corporations employing more than 20 people.
鈥淐orporations profiting from high carbon emitting industries could be levied an extra 0.5% as their actions are contributing to climate change.
The statement below was released by Tangentyere Council on February 11 in response to Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Closing the Gap 2011 address.
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The intervention in the Northern Territory has created a number of alarming issues. To a large extent the Aboriginal population in the Central Australian Region has become disengaged from any development process with growing signs of increasing despair and family breakdowns.
The recent rebellion in the Arab world has not just shaken the foundations of authoritarian regimes across the north of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula.
It has also shattered many of the myths and prejudiced stereotypes propagated by the corporate media and right-wing politicians about Arab peoples.
Peter Boyle, the Socialist Alliance upper house lead candidate in the March NSW elections, spoke at an election forum on climate change hosted by Climate Action Central Coast on February 9.
The chief speaker was Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) executive director Matthew Wright. Candidates for the NSW seat of Gosford, Peter Freewater (Greens) and Chris Holstein (Liberal), also spoke. Labor candidate Katie Smith was invited, but did not attend.
The article below is based on Boyle鈥檚 presentation.
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Below is a eulogy to Mark Fordham, an Aboriginal activist and Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union member from the Northern Territory, released by: Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney; Brisbane Aboriginal Rights Coalition; UQ Students for Indigenous Rights; and Sydney University Anti-Racism Collective.
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Disgraced Tunisian foreign minister Ahmed Ounaies resigned on February 13 from the interim government set up after dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali resigned on January 14 in the face of huge protests.
The government has introduced fresh reforms as protests for democracy and economic justice continue in the north African country.
Ounaies, a former diplomat whose appointment to the interim government was announced on January 27, described French foreign minister Michelle Alliot-Marie as 鈥渁bove all a friend of Tunisia鈥.
Climate change could lead to the disappearance of up to two-thirds of the world鈥檚 permafrost by the end of the century, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said on February 16.
Should the Earth鈥檚 permafrost (or permanently frozen soil) thaw out to this extent, it would release huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere 鈥 and make climate change even worse.
NSIDC scientist Kevin Schaefer said the carbon released would be 鈥渆quivalent to half the amount of carbon that has been released into the atmosphere since the dawn of the industrial age鈥.
Your Skirt鈥檚 Too Short 鈥 Sex, Power, Choice
By Emily Maguire
2010, The Text Publishing Company
鈥淒oes your boyfriend or brother spend a lot of money on skin and hair care products?鈥
鈥淒o the majority of fathers you know spend most of their time at home washing, cleaning, cooking and taking care of their kids? Do you often hear mothers refer to looking after their own kids as 鈥榖abysitting鈥?鈥
鈥淎re you sick of hearing men go on about how hard it is to balance work and parenthood?鈥
The Egyptian people鈥檚 revolution has entered a new phase after the fall of dictator Hosni Mubarak on February 11.
The first reaction to Mubarak鈥檚 resignation after 18 days of continuous protests was one of celebration.
Cairo鈥檚 Tahrir Square, the centre of the uprising, turned into the scene of a giant party for days afterwards in celebration of the exit of Mubarak, who had ruled Egypt for three decades.
Undoubtedly, the widespread feeling was that it was time to begin building a 鈥渘ew Egypt鈥.
Father S.J. Emmanuel, president of the Global Tamil Forum, spoke at a Melbourne meeting of about 400 people on February 13. He said that while the civil war waged by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was over, the struggle for the rights of Tamils living in Sri Lanka continues in a new way.
The war officially ended in May 2009 with the military defeat of the LTTE by the Sri Lankan army. But the Sri Lankan government is now carrying out what Emmanuel described as a policy of "genocide", attempting to wipeout any trace of Tamil existence in Sri Lanka.
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