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1. Latin America: 'Don't mess with us'

   have been uncovered, is of open civil war — where only on the graves of tens of thousands of determined ... on September 14, where close to 35 years ago to the day Chile's left-wing president Salvador ... indigenous president. Regional solidarity and integration Chavez's words were backed by the action on ...

2. Their globalisation and ours

   used ever since the 19th century "Manchester Doctrine" was called on to justify British ... there are "losers" — like young women in South-East Asian sweatshops, or impoverished Mexican ... on inflows of volatile (mainly First World) capital. Thus for every South Korea and Malaysia we have ...

3. S11 a 'watershed' for unions

   secretary Leigh Hubbard, did agree that its labour rights rally, on September 12, would join protesters ... together, when we focus on the points that unite us rather than the points that divide us. The challenge ... and, amongst those who support fair trade, there are divided views on how to advance the question. ...

4. Nepali communists plan defeat for Congress

   on a wave of dissatisfaction with Congress's corrupt rule. The CPN-UML won close to 2.75 million ... killed during the election campaign. "Congress was able to play on fears of 'instability', ... Adhikari, 15 days before the first round of balloting, had a huge impact on the party's election ...

5. ANC leader: 'Violence is state sponsored'

   Commission, addressed a meeting of ANC supporters on August 5. He told the gathering that the terrible ... election. Agreement has been reached on broad principles which would underpin the new constitution. There is ... also agreement on the establishment of the Transitional Executive Council. A transitional constitution ...

6. New Orleans 2006: music, hope and love in the ruins

   apartments because FEMA has decided to renege on promised rent payments. A lawsuit in defence of ... politically these days, in New Orleans as elsewhere. T-shirts on sale in the Bourbon street shops feature big ... Levees, Not War!" We parted with Johnny James at the NOLA airport and, sadly, didn't catch up ...

7. United States: BP’s ‘cure’ is killing in the Gulf

   compounds that aren’t good. “Many have double bonds, and many are on the EPA’s [Environmental Protection ... War veteran Donny Matsler lives in Dauphin Island, Alabama. He said he inhaled toxic chemicals ... Matsler said on August 5. “We both saw the clumps of white bubbles on the surface that we know come from ...

8. Nepal: The people resist elite coup

   's correspondent in Kathmandu, Ben Peterson, said on the struggle that has erupted in Nepal. ... monarchy." Peterson was commenting on the large number of daily demonstrations across the country to demand ... coalition government. The UCPN-M, which had led the coalition government until its members walked out on May ...

9. TURKEY: Behind the EU window dressing

   — for example it operates on Leninist democratic centralist principles — but it also differs in many ... emphasis on the Kurdish question — which distinguishes us from other parties on the socialist left in ... broadcasts on state TV of around one hour per week. These are mainly nature documentaries — nothing about the ...

10. Costello's budget: bribes, crumbs and deception

    development" of a new Magna model, but the GST on company cars was removed. Industry estimates that this will ... claims it's not immediately on the table. However, the budget's main fire was aimed squarely at ... wealthier seniors. Before the budget, all men over 65 and women over 61, were entitled to a tax-free ...

11. UNITED STATES: Racism and the stolen vote

    precincts were rejected, a total of 9,904." A Washington Post story on December 3 reported that one out ... removed from the rolls, since felons aren't allowed to vote. No proof was ever provided on who was or ... when the country was divided between slaveholding states and those based primarily on farming and wage ...

12. Thousands rally for a free East Timor

    By Arun Pradhan Thousands of people rallied across Australia on November 12 to commemorate the ... Action). The rally concluded with a message from Xanana Gusmao, who said, "The struggle continues on ... In Darwin, Tom Kelly reports that activities commemorating the massacre began at 8am on Friday with ...

13. Amnesty slams Australia's human rights abuses

    NGOs, to say "look at these fine men and women, what a worthy job they are doing." But on the ... the human rights community in Australia at the Regent Hotel in Sydney on October 9. We reprint here ... the Cold War. With optimism and uncertainty the global community set out into uncharted waters. Change ...

14. Castro: the Third World must take the helm

    session of the summit conference on April 12. Never before has humanity had such a formidable scientific ... wider gap separating wealth and poverty, development and underdevelopment. We are all passengers on the ... same vessel, this planet on which we all live. Trifling minorities are travelling in luxurious cabins ...

15. Subverting Australia's labour movement

    reason the Foundation was formed". It went on: "To a man [no women here] the union officials ... Kennedy School of Government. In the early 1980s, I was researching material on the Australian labour ... It was reported that some of them even supported Franco in the Spanish Civil War. In an ABC interview ...

16. Bertolt Brecht: the man who never was

    drew on the inspiration of "the three B's" — Biermann, Bahro and Brecht. The masses of ... achievement". But much of the enthusiasm extended to his work inevitably catches on a snag — Brecht was ... political allegiance has annoyed the critics no end. Some, like John Willet — the author of many books on ...

17. The Pope And The Poor

    Bush's Gulf War; defender of human rights against dictatorships, it is trying to impose a ban on abortion ... doctrine and the system of power within the church. This is shown by his particular virulence on matters of ... sexual morality and in opposition to women's rights such as contraception, divorce or abortion. The ...

18. Solidarity closes government's umbrella

    incentives for private investors are complemented by taxes on state enterprises that keep wage rises to 60% ... interests of people on the bottom of society and show we don't support the government. Today we will ... workers' self-management which dates back to before the second world war. Unionists at PILMET explained ...

19. What would a liveable city look like?

    of human beings. However, on the ground and actually living and working in this wonder, things are ... on the quality of urban life of the capitalist pursuit of profits before anything else is growing ... life-threatening pollution and a vast network of roads and car parks that scar the urban landscape. People live on ...

20. Beastie Boys Adam Yauch — maker of music that broke the rules

    of 47 on May 4, a staggering number of artists — Black and white, from across the musical spectrum ... helped me get put on, and I was on their first tour...” The Beastie Boys started out as a hardcore punk ... tired of the Vanilla Ices of the world, and bland opportunistic crossovers were looked on with ...

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