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BY TODD CHRETIEN The killing of two demonstrators by police on June 26 has sent political shock waves through Argentina. The murders took place in an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires, where activists of the militant unemployed movement — known
UN award for Tampa seafarers Wilhelmsen Line and the crew of the MV Tampa have jointly won a $100,000 award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for rescue on the high seas. The Tampa's crew and owner were given the award for
and aint i a woman: NOW and the 'war on terrorism' US President George Bush has not only used the September 11 terrorist attacks to launch an imperialist war drive, he has used the advantage they created to attack progressive organisations and
BY NOREEN NAVIN SYDNEY — The tenacity and determination of teachers, students and other members of the local community has forced the overturning of former NSW education minister John Aquilina's decision to close Dulwich and Marrickville high
LONDON — Human rights activists on July 9 began 24-hour vigil outside Australia House in protest at human rights abuses at the Woomera refugee detention centre. Four hunger strikers positioned themselves in front of the building. The protest was
PARIS — An estimated 500,000 people took part in the June 29 Pride March here. Calling for "Egalite!" (equality), lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender contingents paraded from Montparnasse to Bastille Square. Photo by Jonathan Strauss.From Green
BY DAVID BACON IMMOKALEE — If a small union of Florida farmworkers has its way, the nasal voice of the famous Chihuahua will be saying, "No quiero Taco Bell" (I don't want Taco Bell) on college campuses across the United States. For almost a
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — After looking at the Socialist Alliance's priority pledges for the July 20 Tasmanian elections, several of my workmates made comments such as "that would be nice if it were possible, but you could never fund promises
BY SUE BOLTON& ALISON DELLIT While the majority of Green Left Weekly's readers live in Australia's capital cities, during the last 10 years, the paper's distribution has expanded into a number of regional centres. GLW is now distributed in Alice
BY REBECCA MECKELBURG & MARCEL CAMERON BRISBANE — Despite the state ALP government's attempts to undermine the Queensland Nurses Union's (QNU) stop-work rally at Parliament House on July 12, more than 3000 angry public and private sector nurses
Except on Mondays "It is not a policy of this coalition to target innocents, nor would it ever be to target innocents" — Lieutenant General Dan McNeill, US commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, July 6, after acknowledging that US warplanes
BY EVA CHENG Even before news of the latest corporate scams exploded in late June, the London-based Economist on May 18 published a 20-page defence of capitalism. The article began with the claim that "the capitalist system has proved surprisingly