Doug Lorimer
"They just keep getting stronger. Despite months of assurances that their forces were on the wane, the guerrillas and terrorists battling the American-backed enterprise here appear to be growing more violent, more resilient and more
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Since the moment that US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement on July 1, pro-choice activists, feminists and Democratic Party officials have sounded the alarm.
Their concern is understandable. Long considered the
On July 27, the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) launched 'Project Escalate', a campaign for a living wage for its members. The strike, marches and pickets were well-supported in the main cities, with more than 4000 marching in Cape
Vikki John
I am deeply saddened and in shock to find out that Francis Ona passed away suddenly on July 24 at his village in Guava, Bougainville, at the age of 52.
Although I had not met Mr. Ona in person, I was privileged from 1993-95, with other
HOBART — Twenty people held banners and placards and chanted "Medicare, not warfare!" and "Bring the troops home now!" alongside a major road on July 26. The protesters, organised by the socialist youth organisation Resistance, were expressing
Satchmo Blows up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold WarBy Penny M. Von EschenHarvard University Press, 2004329 pages, $60 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Louis Armstrong was one of dozens of US jazz musicians sponsored by the US State
On July 29, hundreds of people marched to the US embassy to protest the neoliberal policies of President Oscar Berger and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which was passed by US Congress in June. Protesters called for higher wages,
On July 25, public servants rejected the acting prime minister's call to return to work, as the fourth day of their strike brought many government agencies to a standstill. Two-thousand workers marched to parliament in Nukualofa to present a letter
Liam Mitchell
A central thrust of Prime Minister John Howard's planned new workplace laws will be to ensure employers can more easily lower their labour costs by forcing workers onto individual contracts, or Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)
On July 27, the first ever solidarity brigade to Venezuela began, organised by the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network. The brigade aims to give Australians a taste of the unfolding Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela, a process led by President
Alex Miller
On July 22, a 27-year-old Brazilian man, Jean Charles de Menezes, was shot eight times by armed police in London — seven times in the head and once in the shoulder. The police later admitted that de Menezes had been unarmed and had no
ADELAIDE — Local bands Traveling Sacks, Mandala Project, Candle Wax and Ezulai, and musicians from Spacial Monkey donated their time and music to help raise more than $500 for Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly and the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network on
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