Bill Mason, Brisbane
Representatives of the old and new generations of Resistance members combined to celebrate the Brisbane launch on April 16 of a new book on the history of Australia's longest existing socialist youth organisation —
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Sir! No Sir — The story of how US GIs, in their thousands, created a widespread, unprecedented movement against the war in Vietnam. Through demonstrations, underground newspapers, combat refusals and more, US GIs altered the course of the Vietnam
Duroyan Fertl
After four months of mounting political pressure and constitutional crisis, the people of Ecuador have driven President Lucio Gutierrez from office. In the face of unstoppable mass protest, and growing calls for the dissolution of
Peter Sypkens, Hobart
More than 1000 people marched through Southport Lagoon Conservation Area in southern Tasmania on April 17, to support the protection of Recherche Bay, a national heritage-listed site under threat from logging.
The march
Health care in Vietnam
Contrary to the assertions of Pham Minh (Write On, GLW #623), in Vietnam, a poor country (US$430 GDP per capita) with 80 million people, health care is free for: (1) Ethnic minorities, some 10 million people, or 13% of the
April 27
1904: The first Australian Labor Party government is elected.
1973: Female script assistants walk off the job, launching the ABC's first ever strike.
April 28
1981: Thousands march against Expo 88 and demand Aboriginal land rights.
Fred Fuentes
While the US is still facing a fierce Iraqi resistance and a disintegrating "coalition of the killing", and the Australian government is sending more troops to Iraq, all the polls show young people are increasing opposed to this war.
The people of Turkey, aided by a long history of organisation and resistance, fiercely resisted the US invasion of Iraq, successfully blocking many of their government's attempts to provide support to the invaders. Taylan Bilgic from the foreign news
MELBOURNE — The picket line at the ABM Plastics factory in Braeside ended on April 20. It had run continuously since January 21 in support of the demand for the payment of $2.5 million in entitlements owed to the workers when the company went into
For the moment the horizon is on fireDemocracy rising balanced on a wireLiberation, you can smell it in the airThings are moving and the rich are all awareSome will talk along the sidelines, others they will doMe, I'll sing a song for Chavez before
Simon Cunich
In January, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced the nationalisation of Venepal, one of the country's largest paper mills, which had been occupied and run by workers, he called on "workers' leaders to follow this path ...
One thousand residents of a disused factory in Wynberg, Johannesburg, are facing eviction by Alexandra Plaza Pty Ltd, which intends to develop a shopping centre on the site. Some have been living there for more than 20 years, and they have built
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