Jim McIlroy &Coral Wynter, Caracas On February 2, the Latin American TV channel Telesur and the Arabic channel Al Jazeera signed an agreement to exchange information and technology, formalising a growing link that was initiated when Telesur began
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Message Stick — Inside the lives of Indigenous Australians across the country, in their own voices. ABC, Friday, February 17, 6pm.
The End of the World as We Know it — Writer Marcel Theroux examines the issue of global warming. SBS, Friday,
Tim Anderson
I went to Caracas in December, during the National Assembly elections (en route to Cuba) and again in late January for the World Social Forum (WSF).
I was interested in what was going on in Venezuela, and in the growing links between
Dale Mills
More information has come to light on possible reasons for the arrest and detention in Australia of US peace activist Scott Parkin last September.
According to a report on the US Newsweek magazine's website, a peanut butter and jelly
Emma Clancy
A survey of Victorian high school students has found that more than half view Muslims as "terrorists" and nearly half believe Muslims "behave strangely".
The 2005 study of year 10 and 11 students by the Australian Catholic University
BHP Billiton has announced plans to sell its Tintaya copper mine in Peru following disputes with local residents. Last year, the Australian mining giant was forced to close down its operations for one month after residents of the nearby town Espinar
DURBAN — On February 8, the third day of their strike, 2000 University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) staff marched in defiance of management's ban on mass action on campus. All four unions at the university called the action.
Staff at UKZN are on
Trevor Ngwane is a well-known campaigner against the ANC government's privatisation and commercialisation of basic services, like power and water. Ngwane lives in Pimville and thanks to an electricity connection provided by grassroots campaigners, he
Percy Ngonyama
South African President Thabo Mbeki's "State of the Nation" address, delivered on February 3 in Cape Town at the highly militarised opening of parliament, was a further blow for the country's poor masses.
While recommitting to
Amnesty International sent a letter to the US State Department on February 6 condemning the treatment of five Cubans held in the US for seven years on espionage charges. Known as the Cuban Five, the men were gathering information on right-wing
In the January 25 elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) won a landslide victory. The US and the European Union have stated that unless Hamas renounces violence, disarms and changes its 1988 charter
Bruce Marlowe and Marcel Cameron
Australian interest in Venezuela is growing, boding well for the forthcoming tour of Dr Carolus Wimmer, Venezuelan MP to the Latin American parliament (click here for details).
Partially spurred by the United
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