Resistance Art in Canada has dedicated its 2006 calendar to the memory of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920-1994), the pioneer Palestinian artist, novelist, poet and critic. The calendar includes 12 artworks by Palestinian artists from different corners of
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Rohan Pearce
"Tonight, Iraqi security and coalition forces kicked off offensive operations to eliminate the terrorist and insurgent safe haven in Fallujah and to restore control to the Iraqi government", US General George Casey told a press
Bernie Stephens, Harare
Army troops were used to retain control of streets of central Harare after demonstrators mobilised in support of a Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) day of action against poverty on November 8.
Police were taken off
International trade union solidarity website Labourstart.org has just launched LabourStart TV. The website offers TV news and videos on union struggles across the globe. Coverage of Australia's November 15 protest actions against the federal
Federico Fuentes
Opening a newspaper or turning on the TV, it is not hard to understand why many Venezuelans talk about the ongoing "media war" in their country. If you believed everything the media said you would think the Venezuelan president was
Robert Alcock, Sydney
Thank you, thank you John Howard and Philip Ruddock for the new sedition laws that became the target of ridicule on November 13. Tears rolled — not from fear but from laughter — at the performances by some of the country's
Hard Ground: Unions in the PilbaraBy Bradon EllemPilbara Mineworkers Union, 2004Available from the CFMEU mining and energy division, Sydney79 pages, $20 (pb)
REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY
As the federal Coalition government prepares to launch the biggest
The Secret Inquisition: Guardians of the Church — Looks at the Catholic Church's controversial positions on communism and AIDS. SBS, Friday, November 25, 2pm.
Message Stick: The Future of the Tent Embassy — Set up in 1972, what does the future
Speaking to a meeting at the Havana University on November 17, Cuban President Fidel Castro rejected allegations of Cuban involvement with Iran in the alleged manufacturing of nuclear and biological weapons. He said Cuba is not interested in
How true
"And so I want to thank you for being a good host. It's not easy to host all these countries, particularly not easy to host, uhh, perhaps, me." — Emperor George Bush II, speaking at the Summit of the Americas, in Buenos Aires, November
Sedition
It's all about choice, the multi-million dollar advertising tells us. Bargain with your employer, he will give you an interview and listen sympathetically to your pleas. You and the other several hundred of your comrades individually. He
Sarah Stephen
Following the November 8 arrest of 18 men accused of "conspiring to do an act in preparation for a terrorist act", the media campaign against them has escalated to a witch-hunt.
Fairfax columnist Peter Hartcher declared in the
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