Sarah Stephen
July 1 marked two years since the last refugee boat reached Australian waters. The arrival of the Hao Kiet in 2003, carrying 53 Vietnamese asylum seekers, came 18 months after the last boatload of asylum seekers from the Middle East.
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Linda Seaborn
For several years now, there has been a general theme espoused by a marginalised group of angry fathers that "women" are to blame for their lack of access to children they are separated from, their financial woes, "false" accusations
London bombings
How ironic that an interview with Ruben Linares, vice-president of the Venezuelan United Transport Federation, while he was touring Britain was just published at <http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org> today: here Venezuelan
Three months after Chile's passage of a law on sexual harassment, officials report a big jump in the number of complaints. One woman's testimony and lawsuit helped spur the law, which had been stuck in parliamentary debate for 14 years.
Giovanna
July 13
1925: NSW Premier reinstates workers dismissed during a railways strike eight years earlier.
1985: Live Aid rock concerts held in London and other venues.
July 14
1789: The storming of the Bastille in Paris, France.
July 16
1893:
Marcus Greville, London
The US-led invasion of Iraq had as its central aim the installation of a pro-US Iraqi regime that would give international legitimacy to the takeover of Iraq's nationalised oil industry by the big Western, particularly US,
The news reports that have appeared in the mainstream media about recent counter-terrorism raids conducted by state and federal police and ASIO in Sydney and Melbourne mirror to some extent the manipulation of information that occurred during the
Roberto Jorquera, Caracas
On June 26, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hosted his weekly TV show from the city of Coro, about six hours west of Caracas on the Caribbean coast. The 226th episode of Hello President was dedicated to the launching of
Alex Bainbridge, Chicago
The packed out "Rally against war and empire" was the highlight of the Socialism 2005 conference, held here on July 1-4. The 1000-strong conference was organised by the International Socialist Organisation (ISO) — the
Lisa Macdonald, Sydney
Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) members and supporters in Australia commemorated the life of the party's former general secretary George Hawi at a memorial meeting in Auburn Town Hall in Sydney's west on July 3. Hawi was
Sue Bolton
"I think that the rank-and-file workers are getting really stirred up. I've never seen workers like they are today. Not only workers but the general public and other organisations. They're very hostile to what the government's trying to
SYDNEY — Thirty people attended a rally outside the Glebe Coroners Court on July 5 to demand the reopening of the coronial inquiry into the death of young Redfern Aboriginal man Thomas "TJ" Hickey.
On February 14, 2004, TJ, aged 17, was impaled
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