Roberto Jorquera, Caracas
A coalition of pro-Chavez forces including the Venezuelan Communist Party, Socialist League and community organisations held a press conference on March 29 to explain that they are prepared to unite and present their own
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Allen Myers, Ho Chi Minh City
April 30 will be the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the liberation of southern Vietnam from foreign occupation and domination. As part of the preparations for celebrating the anniversary, the Ho Chi
Jim Green, Adelaide
Friends of the Earth (FoE) and Adelaide's Campaign Against Nuclear Dumping are hosting a tour of South Australia's nuclear sites on April 15-23.
FoE has organised many similar trips over the past decade, attracting people from
An article by John Gauci in issue #620 titled "NSW teachers' union calls for mass IR protest" incorrectly stated that the industrial relations report to the New South Wales Teachers Federation state council was given by president Maree O'Halloran.
More than 150,000 Quebecois post-secondary students are on strike, in a serious attempt to defeat a CN$103 million cut to the student bursary program. The strike began seven weeks ago when 30,000 students attended a walkout, and has grown steadily in
Peter Benenson
The recent passing of Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International, is a sad event. In correspondence with him some years ago, I found him a far more interesting and radical person than the incarnation of AI in this country would
Members of the Porgera Special Mining Lease Landowner Association have demanded the closure of the Porgera Gold Mine, in a letter sent to PM Michael Somare in late March. The landowners claimed that more than 21 people have been killed in the mine
Somewhere in a Chilean warehouse, 10,000 health department posters with the slogan "Emergency contraception: It's your decision; it's your right" lie gathering dust, after the March 8 announcement by the assistant secretary for health, Antonio
Roberto Jorquera, Caracas
On March 29, more than 5000 students gathered outside the National Assembly to support proposed changes to higher education. Inside, education minister Aristobulo Isturiz and higher education minister Samuel Moncada were
Shua Garfield, Sydney
As University of NSW Student Guild representatives crossed their picket line, guild staff organised by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) leafleted passers-by to explain the one-day strike action they took on March
Among the hundreds of protesters who converged at the Baxter detention centre over the Easter weekend were a dozen activists from Newcastle University. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's Simon Butler spoke to Lucille Palmer, Zane Alcorn and Emma Wasson about the
US Treasury figures released on March 31 have revealed that US company profits soared 13.5% to US$1.3 trillion in the last quarter of last year, boosted by "labour's weak bargaining power". This brings profits to the highest portion of US income
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