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CANADA: Ontario needs a raise!

BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — It's high time Ontario's low-income workers received a raise. The minimum wage in Ontario has been frozen at C$6.85/hour ($6.40 for students and $5.95 for liquor servers) throughout the eight brutal years of Tory rule.

Carmen finds resonance for ALP presidency

BY BRIAN WEBB Carmen Lawrence, who resigned from the Labor frontbench last December in protest at the party leadership's policies on refugees and the war on Iraq, is now standing for the position of party president. A postal ballot of all members

EUROPEAN UNION: Death at the border

BY LIZ FEKETE LONDON — The European Union Border Control Program, introduced with scant regard to refugee protection and human rights, is leading to an increasing number of deaths on the borders of Europe — and beyond. Over the last 18

VENEZUELA: 'A struggle for our America's future'

The following speech was presented by LEONEL VIVAS, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's ambassador to Australia, to the August 2 "Latin America: New Movements of Resistance and Transformation" conference in Sydney, organised by the Committees in

Cartoonist fired over Israel views

BY BUSTER SOUTHERLEY AUCKLAND — The New Zealand Herald newspaper has sacked its award-winning cartoonist following a censorship row. Malcolm Evans was dismissed after drawing cartoons criticising the Israeli government's treatment of the

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AFGHANISTAN: Washington, NATO confront rising tide of resistance

BY LESLIE FEINBERG With pomp and circumstance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on August 11 took formal command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) "peacekeepers" in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. This is the first time in

Hanson outlived her usefulness for Howard

When Pauline Hanson burst onto the political scene in 1996, she unleashed a tidal wave of racism, and gave it renewed strength. As she attacked Asian migrants, refugees and Indigenous Australians, Prime Minister John Howard defended her, claiming she

Tampa 2 years on: changing government policy

BY JUDY McVEY Thousands of people around Australia marched on World Refugee Day in June. Even war on Iraq could not stop the development of this movement. In fact, more people have shown sympathy for refugees because of the war and the government's

A woman's place is in the struggle: Protesting Miss University

In response to a series of beauty contests being held at a local pub, the Newcastle University women's collective has begun organising protests. The campaign was initiated with a protest against the "Miss University" contest held at the pub in late

The decline of the Aboriginal protest movement

BY MICHAEL MANSELL There was a time when Gary Foley's call to hit the streets ran a chill down your back. When Paul Coe told us we were a sovereign people, not a minority, we all believed him. And when Marcia Langton addressed a rally against the

IRAQ: White House issues 'progress' report

BY ROHAN PEARCE At a White House press conference on August 8, US President George Bush told journalists that it "turns out this is our 100th day since major military operations have ended, ended in Iraq. And since then, we've made good progress.