Emma Clancy
"Time is short. If we do not change the world now, there may be no 22nd century. Capitalism has destroyed the ecological equilibrium of the earth. It is now or never!" — Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez speaking to thousands of
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Linda Waldron, Melbourne
"Stop the war on our unions, civil liberties and working people's rights!" was the theme of the March 8 International Women's Day (IWD) demonstration at the Victorian State Library.
The rally, called by the Victorian
Doug Lorimer
The February 12 London Sunday Times reported that the US is drawing up plans for air and missile strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. Giving the impression that such an attack was imminent, the paper reported that its source was
Peter Boyle
"The Pentagon plan, designed to fight what it describes as 'The Long War', envisages 'long-duration, complex operations involving the US military and international partners, waged simultaneously in multiple countries round the world'
As the US, British and Australian governments enter their third year of occupation in Iraq, opposition and resistance to the occupation by the Iraqi people continues to steadily grow. Last October, the London Sunday Telegraph revealed that a secret
Brown launches Recherche Bay book
CANBERRA — Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown launched his new book Tasmania's Recherche Bay on February 28. The book launch caps off a successful campaign involving a buy-back of south-east Tasmania's
Zoe Kenny
The release by the South Australian government in December of the latest blueprint to reduce lead pollution in Port Pirie signals yet another chapter in the long, half-hearted effort by SA authorities to mitigate the impact of the town's
We live in a world dominated by war, racism, poverty and environmental destruction. We are told that these disasters are inevitable: they result from "human nature" and we can do nothing about them. But there is no human gene that causes misery. It
Fred Fuentes
The first revolution of the 21st century is occurring in Venezuela. With the election of Hugo Chavez as president in 1998, a process of political empowerment and social mobilisation has meant the country's poor are beginning to take
On January 22, Evo Morales — former trumpeter, llama herder and coca-grower union leader — became the first popularly elected indigenous president of Bolivia. His election followed five years of intense social struggle that kicked out two
Nathan Verney
March 20 will mark three years since the US-led invasion of Iraq began, and demonstrations will be held around the world in a global weekend of action (March 17-19) to call for an end to the occupation, and for justice for the Iraqi
As It Happened: Life Behind The Wall — Looks at the now extinct German Democratic Republic 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. SBS, Saturday, March 18, 7.30pm.
Message Stick: Julie Dowling — With the support of her identical twin sister
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