While much of Venezuelan's attention is focussed on the December 4 National Assembly elections, another set of important elections are scheduled to take place during November in the municipality of Sucre.
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Doug Lorimer
At an October 16 media conference where Prime Minister John Howard announced the Australian government's intention to double the number of people directly employed by its ASIO secret police agency by 2010, he dismissed concerns that
Andrew Martin, Brisbane
On October 19, workers at James Hardie's Meeandah concrete pipe factory arrived for their usual start time of 6.30 am to find factory's gates locked. The company had initiated a 28-hour lockout in response to workers holding
On October 26, Venezuelan ambassador Fermin Toro Jimenez told the UN Security Council that his country has begun processing an extradition request for Reverend Pat Robertson from the US. Robertson has publicly called for the assassination of
Dave Airhart, an anti-war activist and an Iraq war veteran, is being threatened with expulsion from Kent State University for his anti-war activities. On October 19, the Kent State Anti-War Committee disrupted US Army recruiters as they attempted to
Brianna Pike & Emma Clancy
Since its re-election last year with control of the Senate, the federal Coalition government has moved to introduce a range of new attacks, targeting disability pensioners and sole parents, trying to force through the
Stuart Munckton
US multinational corporation IBM was recently fined and had its Caracas offices forcibly closed down for 48 hours by the Venezuelan government for attempting to avoid paying its taxes, according to an October 6 Canadian Press
Doug Lorimer
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner emerged as the victor after the country's October 23 mid-term legislative elections. Kirchner's Peronist governing Front for Victory (FPV) won 43% of the popular vote in the lower-house Chamber of
With its fourth-term agenda, the Howard government has launched a vicious attack on working people, both in and out of work.
Its proposed changes to industrial relations are aimed at crushing the ability of workers to organise collectively, and
WorkChoices
At an invitation-only BBQ in Canberra, Stephen Jones, assistant national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, eloquently outlined his battle plan to defeat the Howard government's WorkChoices legislation. Plan A:
Graham Matthews, Sydney
An October 26 public forum organised by members of the Labor Party on the topic of whether the ALP could win the next federal election (in 2007) drew 200 people, many of whom were upset with Labor's inability to distinguish
Peter Woodward
$484.40
That's the weekly rate an employer will be able to pay an adult employee under John Howard's new industrial laws in John Howard's new Australia.
"But why can't they pay me that now?" you may ask. Because most people are
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