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Federico Fuentes Nine months after the popular revolt that ousted the previous president, the Bolivian and international media are trumpeting the result of the July 18 referendum on Bolivia's natural gas industry as a win for President Carlos
Message Stick: Faith Thomas — Thomas became one of the first Indigenous nurses to graduate from the Royal Adelaide hospital; the first Aboriginal nurse in South Australia to become a public servant and run a hospital; and the only Aboriginal woman
Over the next few weeks, the Socialist Alliance will be distributing 200,000 "postcards to John Howard" demanding the Australian government withdraw its troops from Iraq. The cards will be distributed from campaigning stalls outside screenings of
Bill Mason, Brisbane The Queensland government is giving millions of dollars to some of the country's richest companies. Corporate giants such as Qantas, Macquarie Bank, Suncorp and APN News and Media were among the 42 companies to profit from
Susan Connolly One of the splendid things about human beings is our capacity to imagine an alternative future. This is part of the backbone of hope — hope in the conviction that life contains promise and some growth. We are at a time where we are
James is the convenor of the ACT Network Opposing War. ACTNOW organised one of the largest protests in the history of Canberra on March 23, 2003, involving up to 20,000 people opposed to the war on Iraq. He passionately believes that foreign troops
Review by Lachlan Malloch Fahrenheit 9/11Written and directed by Michael MooreAt cinemas everywhere "[This] documentary has managed to ignite a fire in the collective belly of the American public", declared a Kansas City movie-goer after
Doug Lorimer Under the headline "3 million Iraqis under militia rule", the July 17 Houston Chronicle reported that rebel Iraqi Shiite leader Sayed Moqtada al Sadr's Madhi Army has taken control of Baghdad's largest neighbourhood in defiance of
DARWIN — A Timor Sea Justice Campaign public meeting and video night on July 21 heard the latest developments in the campaign to stop the Australian government's theft of East Timor's oil and gas resources. Solidarity activist Robyn Waite, who
Max Lane On the evening of July 22, more than 300 people gathered at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Democratic Party (PRD). Film footage taken by PRD activists over the last 10
Sarah Stephen On July 14, officers from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) forcibly moved four families from the Villawood detention centre in Sydney's south-west to the Baxter prison in the South
Chris Latham, Perth On July 22, Australian Education Union WA school representatives condemned state education minister Allan Carpenter for planned unilateral changes to teachers' working conditions. On July 8, two days prior to the end of second