The Latin America-wide satellite television station Telesur is set to increase its broadcasting five-fold in 2006, reaching 10 million people worldwide, Telesur president Andres Izarra said on January 26 at the World Social Forum in Caracas. As well
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Harrison Healy, Ramallah
In East Jerusalem in the days leading up to the Palestinian election you could be forgiven for not knowing that there was an election going on. You could not find a single poster in the city. There was no information on
On January 11, Ernest McQueen, who served in the military for nearly two years until he left his unit in 1969, was arrested by police in Fort Worth, Texas. "The Marines are trying to send a message to their troops in Iraq that deserters will always
Racism
In your recent article "Racism: who's stirring it up?" (GLW #653), which demonstrated effectively the role of the mass media in encouraging racist attitudes, it was suggested that racism was the "ideological basis" for the war on terror and
Compass: Kevin Rudd and the God Factor — Explores what drives federal MP Kevin Rudd and the challenges he faces in elevating the role of religion within the Labor party. ABC, Sunday, February 5, 11.30am.
Mandela: The Living Legend — Tells the
Jon Lamb
The recent arrival of West Papuan asylum seekers in northern Australia and the restricted release of the United Nations-commissioned report from the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation on human rights abuses in East Timor
Dale Mills
Closed-circuit video cameras in every bank, on every shopfront, and in every shopping mall and train station, all centrally linked, along with every local government and private business security camera, many with live feeds to police
Andrew Hall
The national leadership of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), under Stephen Jones and Margaret Gillespie, was returned in the union's national officers elections held at the end of last year. It was one of the closet results
Doug Lorimer
The US and three of its European Union allies — Britain, France and Germany (the so-called EU-3) — managed to get an emergency meeting of the 35-member board of governors of the UN's Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency
Canada in Haiti: Waging war on the poor majorityBy Yves Engler and Anthony FentonFernwood Publishing, 2005120 pages, C$14.95Order from <http://rabble.ca>
REVIEW BY ROGER ANNIS
Two leading activists for the right of the Haitian people to
Amanda Zivcic, Melbourne
On January 25 and 27, Union Solidarity organised a community picket outside the Fitzroy Postal Delivery Centre. The picket was called in solidarity with shop steward Peter Vining, who was sacked last year.
"Peter was
On January 24, more than 1 million people demonstrated outside the US Interest Section in Havana against US aggression. Days earlier, a screen was installed on the USISH building to display continuous provocative messages. The following is abridged
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