Argentina
Allow me to forward you a message of militant solidarity with Green Left Weekly on behalf of Herramienta, Journal of Marxist Debate and Critique.
Francisco T. SobrinoEditorial staffHerramientaBuenos AiresArgentina
Brazil
Greetings
600
Owen Richards
Australia is in the grip of a water shortage crisis. In NSW and Victoria, water usage restrictions were introduced to combat the crisis in October and November of 2002.
The NSW mandatory restrictions, for example, which replaced the
BY RACHEL EVANS
Ngara is an Eora Indigenous word meaning "listening". At Ngara: the Fourth Australian Poetry Festival on September 3-5, 450 people collectively listened to readings, workshops and performances.
The 500-member-strong Poets Union,
Max Lane
Former Suharto-era general Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono and former Golkar official Yusuf Kalla have been elected as president and vice-president in the second round of Indonesia's first direct presidential election. Yudhoyono won 61% of the
Paul Benedek, Sydney
On September 24, 50 people attended the first street action here to protest the jailing of former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston.
"Johnston stood up for 29 sacked workers,
Greg McFarlane, Sydney
More than 100 people attended a colourful rally outside Tony Abbott's Manly office on September 25 to express their anger at the dishonesty of the Howard government.
Representatives of the Socialist Alliance, the Stop the
Nicole Hilder, Wollongong
On September 24, 200 people attended a feisty meet-the-candidates forum on "family values", held in the Wollongong mall.
Referred to by its critics as "the big day out for homophobes", the event was organised by Jeff
Australia's social security payments are lower, and fewer people receive them, than in other comparable countries.
A survey of 16 OECD nations revealed that Australia spends less on social security payments in proportion to Gross Domestic Product
Kerryn Williams, Sydney
On September 24, Redfern police Aboriginal liaison officer Paul Wilkinson told the NSW parliamentary inquiry into Redfern that the young Aboriginal man who died after he was impaled on a fence in Waterloo on February 14, had
"Workers, pensioners, students and unemployed people are being screwed by the capitalist politicians in the Labor and Liberal parties and we desperately need a working-class alternative." — Kamala Emanuel, Socialist Alliance candidate for Denison.
Paul Oboohov, Canberra
On September 23, candidates for the October 9 federal election addressed a forum at the Australian National University organised by the National Tertiary Education Union.
The Liberal candidate for the seat of Fraser, Adam
John Howard's Lament
Won't you come back MS Tampa,won't you come back to our shore.Bring us the old and the hungry,your crippled and troubled what's more.
Won't you come back MS Tampa,won't you come back to our shore.Bring us the old and the
- Page 1
- Next page