While much of Venezuelan's attention is focussed on the December 4 National Assembly elections, another set of important elections are scheduled to take place during November in the municipality of Sucre.
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MELBOURNE — More than 80 people attended a double-header launch on October 28. The Melbourne west district of Socialist Alliance launched its campaign for the Maribyrnong Council elections and new activist band The Conch gave its first ever
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New high school zine launched
Emma Murphy, Adelaide
Over the recent school holidays, a group of Adelaide high school students, in association with Resistance, produced the first issue of a new zine, The Bench. The zine has
Duroyan Fertl
In the last couple of weeks, Ecuador's fragile democracy has threatened once again to come apart at the seams. On October 20, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) ruled that President Alfredo Palacio's call to hold a referendum in
Refusenik! Israel's Soldiers of ConscienceCompiled and edited by Peretz KidronZed Books120 pages
REVIEW BY KIM BULLIMORE
On October 20, 1956, Israeli soldiers killed 47 Palestinians from the village of Kafr Qasem, who were returning home from
Pot calls kettle black
"Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good for them and what is not.' And what this man who grew up in wealth and privilege considers good for poor Muslims is that they become killers... He assures
Kerry Vernon, Newcastle
The University of Newcastle will expel the offices of staff unions from its campus in November in order to receive an extra $6 million in funding from the federal Coalition government.
A letter of expulsion was sent to the
Sean Seymour Jones, Melbourne
It is becoming more and more obvious that the so-called war on terror is being used in countries like Australia as a pretext for significant attacks on civil liberties. The Australian government has tried to sell these
Sarah Stephen
Following a coordinated series of raids by Australian Federal Police and immigration department (DIMIA) officers on houses in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane last December 1, four refugee supporters in Sydney were charged with helping
Chris Peterson, Melbourne
"Howard is trying to silence us, and stop us from organising for our rights", Melbourne Resistance organiser Brianna Pike told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly. "But here in Melbourne, Resistance is throwing ourselves into the broad
At the Tyson Foods slaughterhouse in Brooks, more than 2300 workers have been on strike since October 12 to demand better wages and conditions. The United Food and Commercial Workers members are demanding an end to harassment, improved safety
Jeremy Smith, Ballarat
A long campaign for an enterprise agreement at the University of Ballarat came to a head in the middle of October with a ballot on a management-drafted non-union enterprise agreement.
At stake was a 5% increase in
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