Malik Miah, San Francisco
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the trade unions in the United States were regarded by working people as the preeminent vehicles for the defence of labour's interests because they won the best wages, health
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SYDNEY — Anne Gardiner, an opposition candidate for general secretary of the Public Service Association (PSA), the union covering state public servants in NSW and general staff on NSW universities, has described NSW Liberal Party leader John
Sarah Stephen
The Justice Project was launched in early July in front of a crowd of 4000 in the Melbourne Town Hall. Its members include barrister and refugee campaigner Julian Burnside, academic Robert Manne, former Liberal prime minister Malcolm
Tariq Ali
Hugo Chavez's victory will have repercussions beyond the borders of Venezuela. It is a triumph of the poor against the rich and it is a lesson that Lula in Brazil and Kirchner in Argentina should study closely.
Chavez defeated his
Omar Karmi, Ramallah
"My daughter has only seen her father twice in her life", said one woman. "It's been two months since I last saw my husband." A young boy, in a faltering voice, then recited a poem he had written to his father, also a prisoner,
BOLIVIA: Landless farmers protest
On August 16, thousands of landless peasants began marching from several points of Bolivia to the capital, joining thousands of peasants already protesting in the country's south. The march is demanding Landless
Rohan Pearce
"Few people doubt that US military forces have the ability to overwhelm Iraqi rebels. But as was the case in Fallujah earlier this year, the need to balance force with politics has stripped away many of their advantages", observed an
An August 21 dinner organised to raise funds for Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly and the Socialist Alliance turned into a celebration of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution, after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez easily defeated a recall referendum on August 15.
MELBOURNE — On August 21, Irish Socialist Party parliamentarian Joe Higgins addressed a meeting of 70 people as part of week-long Australian speaking tour which included public meetings in Newcastle, Sydney and Perth. Higgins is a member of the
Deirdre Griswold
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 has become a huge box office hit, even though the Disney Corporation did everything it could to torpedo the documentary. This alone makes it important to evaluate the film and try to understand why
Compassionate
On August 18, I received a letter from [immigration minister] Amanda Vanstone. She says: "We should not allow the debate about failed asylum seekers who arrived unauthorised by boats to detract from Australia's generous and
Lee Sustar, Caracas
Venezuela's poor met the news of Hugo Chavez's referendum victory with joy. Thousands of people from the nearby barrio of Catia jammed the streets around Miraflores, the presidential palace, just as they did in April 2002 to
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