The French government's decision on April 10 to scrap its First Employment Contract law is a great victory for working people, and shows the way for us in Australia.
The Chirac government was forced to scrap the law it passed last month that would
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Documents released under freedom of information laws show that queer activists at universities have been monitored by an intelligence system set up for surveillance of suspected terrorists. The official role of the secretive Counter-Intelligence
Chris Peterson
In recent years, the Australian ruling class has waged a campaign to whip up racism and Islamophobia. This is reflected in the bipartisan support for the mandatory detention of refugees, Australian support for the so-called "war on
Eric Ruder, Chicago
The streets of cities across the US were filled on April 10 with supporters of immigrant rights making their voices heard and sending a message of proud defiance to the politicians who want to keep undocumented workers as
Nuclear power is not the answer to Britain's looming energy shortage because the infrastructure cannot be built in time to fix the problem, says a British Parliament Environment Audit Committee report. The Keeping the Lights on: Nuclear, Renewables,
BlowbackWritten and directed by David PledgerNot Yet It's Difficult ProductionsWith Roslyn Oades, Todd MacDonald, Luciano MartucciThe Studio at the Sydney Opera HouseUntil April 29
PREVIEW BY CLAIRE VINCE
Award-winning, internationally acclaimed
Steve Zeltzer
Labour film and video activists are assembling the first international working class film and video festival to be held in Turkey. The festival will include labour films from around the world, including Venezuela, Korea, Iran, Japan,
Steve O'Brien, Cape Town
An International Labour Media Network and Cooperative (ILMNC) will be established following the "Workers' Education and Workers' Media in a Global Economy" workshop held on April 4-7.
Fifty people representing
Federico Fuentes
With 80% of the population living in poverty, Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution, led by President Hugo Chavez, has faced an enormous challenge. For Chavez, the only way to get rid of poverty was to give power to the people. On
Stuart Munckton
"The only way to overcome poverty is to give power to the poor", Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez has repeatedly declared. Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution, led by the Chavez government, has captured the imagination of
Alex Bainbridge & Raul Bassi, Sydney
"Torture: are you next?" was the theme of an April 15 forum jointly organised by the Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group (CBPG) and the Justice for Hicks and Habib Campaign and sponsored by the Research Initiative
Lisa Macdonald
Groups affiliated with the Australia West Papua Association will protest outside Rio Tinto's AGM in Melbourne on May 4 to highlight the company's involvement in corruption, human rights abuses and environmental destruction in West
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