The Bolivarian Revolution: Enter the Oil Workers!Directed by Selma Jones & Nina LopezProduced by the Bolivarian Circle of the Global Women's StrikeVHS only, $16 (includes postage and handling)
REVIEW BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
When Hugo Chavez was
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Alison Dellit
Students from more than 60 colleges, universities, and high schools worldwide organised events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, and to demand that Dow Chemical resolve its legal and moral responsibilities for the
Pip Hinman
After two weeks of negotiations with the ALP, Greens Senator Kerry Nettle moved a motion on November 30 condemning the US-led assault on Fallujah and calling on the Coalition government to bring Australia's troops home. The vote was two
John Kaye, Sydney
One of the worst legacies of the 2004 federal election is the lingering myth that the community faces a choice between saving jobs and protecting the environment. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In order to start
David Suzuki's Sacred Balance: The Matrix of Life — Explores new ways of looking at conservation issues and examines the place of humankind on earth. SBS, Friday, December 10, 2pm.
Fighting The Good Fight — Profiles Shirley Morris and looks at
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody produced a report in 1991 that called for custody be used as a last resort, and for the decriminalisation of public drunkenness. Few of its 339 recommendations have been implemented and
Donna Mulhearn, Baghdad
In the chilly darkness, Baghdad father of three Ali rises at 3am. He grabs a blanket and makes his way to the car.
He nervously watches the fuel gauge, deep in the red, as he slowly crawls through back streets to join the
Jo Williams
Since its election in 1998, the Venezuelan government led by Hugo Chavez has implemented a range of mass social programs aimed at eradicating widespread poverty, and at reversing the systematic social exclusion of millions of
Sarah Stephen
At 1pm on November 19, in the small town of Normanton near the Gulf of Carpentaria — some 600 kilometres north-west of Palm Island — Leonard John Casey, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man, was arrested on charges of grievous bodily harm
On November 26, 10,000 Haitians marched in support of deposed President Jean-Paul Aristide. Aristide was ousted in a US-backed coup in February, and a new government installed. The protesters called for the establishment of a new "government of
The following is based on a report by Stuart Munckton that was adopted by the national committee of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, an affiliate of the Socialist Alliance, on November 7.
The Venezuelan revolution is the first revolution of
Paul Benedek, Sydney
The inner-city suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo, home to the Australian Heritage-listed Redfern Block, which has historically been a centre of Black empowerment and organising, faces a $5 billion state government
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