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The Cuban government has announced the capture of three Cuban-American terrorists from Miami, a small victory in its efforts to stop ongoing terrorist attacks against the revolutionary island country. State security official Manuel Hevia told a
BY IGGY KIM The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions has called its members out for a one-day national strike on July 5, in a determined response to an unprecedented wave of government repression which has included the arrest of several top union
101 ReykjavikDirected by Baltasar KormakurStars Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir2000 Sydney Film Festival REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM 101 Reykjavik is the postcode for the part of Iceland's capital that is off the
Protest opposes military ties @box text intr = DARWIN — Members of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor held an action during the June 25 visit of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, opposing any federal government attempt to
Convincing refutation "... there's an assumption that we're an American company that exports things everywhere else to make a lot of money... Sure, we're everywhere, but so too is ... NBC and CNN." — McDonald's CEO Jack Greenberg. Balanced
Watermarks Ever taped a record or CD music track for a friend? It's illegal, but lots of people do it without a thought. After all, the record companies are hardly impoverished. Now you can do much more. Millions of people are exchanging music, in
Sex slavery is one of the ugliest and cruellest aspects of migrant trafficking, a trade which booms as the gap between rich and poor widens and the walls go up around rich countries. Trying to escape hardship for a new life, or to make money to
BY SEAN HEALY Not even a decision by the World Bank to cancel its Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics was enough to divert the anger of 40,000 Catalans, who on June 24 demonstrated against the World Bank and its devotion to corporate
BY ROB MILLER MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance continues to expand with a new branch set up on June 28 in the federal electorate of Melbourne. Attended by 50 people, the Melbourne meeting brought together activists from a wide variety of
BY MATTHEW EGAN & BRONWYN POWELL SYDNEY - More than 100 student activists from across Australia discussed the way forward for the anti-corporate movement at the June 29-30 Globalise This: Student Anti-Capitalist Conference. The conference began
It has now been six years since a federal Liberal-National Coalition government was elected. During these six years, the government, aided and abetted by the Australian Democrats, has: introduced anti-union legislation so severe that workers need
By Ian Rintoul "A great start!" That's how the convenors of the English Socialist Alliance describe the result of the June general election, the first general election campaign of the Socialist Alliance. The Socialist Alliance and Scottish