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Bolivia on the brink

James Lehrer, La Paz After three weeks of mobilisations in defence of Bolivia's gas reserves, the country's political crisis continues to deepen. A June 2 attempt to quash the crisis by President Carlos Mesa, by calling elections for a new

Politics at writers festival

@9point non= SYDNEY — An estimated 50,000 people turned up to hear at least 200 international and local writers and journalists speak during the May 23-30 Sydney Writers Festival. Renown Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, interviewed by

SHOCKFACTS: US torturers

The Abu Ghraib prison scandal, exposing the brutal treatment of Iraqi prisoners by US army personnel, was not an isolated incident: Interrogators in US prisons in Afghanistan frequently use torture to acquire confessions and have caused many

Where to next for the Socialist Alliance? &— David Glanz

David Glanz is a Socialist Alliance national co-convenor and a leading member of the International Socialist Organisation, one of the founding affiliates of the alliance. What do you consider to be the major gains of the Socialist Alliance project

Where to next for the Socialist Alliance? &— Louise Walker

Louise Walker is a national co-convener of the Socialist Alliance who is not a member of any of the organisations affiliated to the alliance. What do you consider to be the major gains of the Socialist Alliance so far? The Socialist Alliance has

Asylum sought for anti-Pinochet fighter

CANBERRA — Chilean solidarity activists around Australia have been holding information evenings to raise awareness of the conditions of political prisoners being held in Chile and other Latin American jails. Galvarino Sergio Apablaza Guerra, also

Slap on the wrist for ERA

@PARAFLTR = Slap on the wrist for ERA Kathy Newnam, Darwin The Ranger uranium mine operator, Energy Resources Australia, has received a $150,000 fine by the Darwin Magistrates Court for breaching the Mining Management Act. ERA pleaded guilty

ZIMBABWE: Mugabe's terror campaign

Norm Dixon Zimbabwe's authoritarian capitalist government, headed by President Robert Mugabe, has unleashed a massive wave of police brutality and destruction in an attempt to terrorise the country's fiercely anti-government urban working class and

Aleida Guevara speaks

Barbara Rojas & Owen Richards, Sydney Aleida Guevara, 44-year-old daughter of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, criticised the neoliberal policies of Western governments and called for anti-globalisation activists to study the revolutionary ideas of her