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A people's revolution shakes Nepal

On May 28, 2008, an elected constituent assembly declared Nepal鈥檚 centuries-old semi-feudal monarchy finished. As Nepalese people celebrated in the streets, the Himalayan country was declared a republic.

Merak refugees: global protests mark 150 days stuck on boat

Protests were held in London, Toronto, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on March 10 to mark the 150th day that about 250 Tamil asylum seekers have been stuck on a boat at Merak, Indonesia, waiting for resettlement in Australia.

Cuba's green revolution 鈥 achieving sustainability

Cuba's successful models of sustainable development 鈥 in areas of food, housing and health 鈥 are now being widely replicated throughout Latin America.

The deadly chemistry of profit

Slow Death By Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
By Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie
University of Queensland Press, 2009
323 pages, $34.95 (pb)

Bolivian social program reduces maternity deaths

A Bolivian social program that prevents the deaths of two mothers a day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth is making headway despite administrative difficulties.

Art as militant satire

I鈥檓 not racist but鈥

45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
until May 1

Asian 'miracle' killing women

Despite the fanfare about Asia鈥檚 鈥渕iracle鈥 economies, the problem of 鈥渕issing women and girls鈥 is actually growing, the United Nations Development Program-sponsored 2010 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report said.

Teachers union opposes Labor over reforms

Tasmanian premier and education minister David Bartlett鈥檚 flagship education reforms have become a thorn in his side in the run up to the March 20 state election, with Australian Education Union (AEU) members campaigning for a vote against Labor.

Socialist Alliance: For real climate solutions

鈥淲hen it comes to climate change the Socialist Alliance assumes two things, one is that this is an emergency and the time in which to act is incredibly short鈥, said Mel Barnes, Socialist Alliance Candidate for Denison, on March 11.

Pakistani women workers march

More than 1500 women marched in Lahore from Nasir Bagh to the Punjab Assembly, under the banner of the Women Workers鈥 Help Line (WWHL) to celebrate International Women鈥檚 Day (IWD) on March 8.

Good news stories from the desert country

Politicians from the Coalition and Labor Party are proposing nearly identical housing polices for remote Aboriginal communities 鈥 and both ignore the experiences of Aboriginal people themselves.

Labor loses Cowie

The Cowie ward voters in Geelong have shifted their votes from Labor to conservative candidate Eddy Kontelj by a landslide in the by-election declared on March 8.