BY PIP HINMAN
US President George Bush's "alliance of the willing" to attack Iraq is looking pretty thin: the governments of Britain's Tony Blair and John Howard don't make up for Washington's general lack of allies. Now, with Howard's popularity
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FEDERICO FUENTES
BUENOS AIRES Two separate delegations travelled to the northern
province of Tucuman, one of the poorest provinces in Argentina, in January.
Each represented the deep gulf that divides Argentinian society and politics.
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FEDERICO FUENTES
PORTO ALEGRE This city is buzzing as more and more people arrive
each day for the third annual gathering of the World Social Forum (WSF),
being held here January 23-28. Once again, tens of thousands of global
justice
PERTH More than 2500 people rallied outside the Western Australian
parliament on January 19 to oppose the war on Iraq and the sea swap agreement
between the Australian and US governments. The rally was organised by the
Fremantle
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The wave of global anti-war protests on January 18 was a massive show of opposition by the world's working people — in particular those in the United States — to a US war on Iraq. The protests also signal that the US
Bright spark
"He rang me Wednesday morning. The first thing we talked about was the bushfires. He didn't like the name bushfires. He said can't you call them natural fires. I said that's a bit hard, George. We're very used to the bush here. He said
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan women have joined in protest marches
and actions defending their government.
The opposition, a US-backed wealthy elite, has locked out workers from
their factories, called for a new presidential election and
BY NICK SOUDAKOFF
Only a year after the worst bushfires in Australia's written history, another round of horrific bushfires is sweeping through south-eastern Australia. In Canberra, four people were killed, hundreds injured and more than 530 houses
BY FEDERICO FUENTES
BUENOS AIRES — Even before Lucio "Lucho" Gutierrez was inaugurated as president of Ecuador on January 15, he had made it very clear what he planned to do. "I am determined to change this nation or die trying", said Gutierrez
BY MICHAEL BULL
MELBOURNE — For the second time, unions and the community will rally in support of Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union state secretary Martin Kingham, who is facing contempt charges against the Royal Commission into
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Dispute at stadium
BRISBANE — Completion of the $350 million Lang Park stadium redevelopment in time for the Brisbane vs Newcastle rugby league blockbuster in late May is in doubt because of a looming industrial dispute. Developers involved in
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