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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Chris Peterson, Melbourne
"Howard is trying to silence us, and stop us from organising for our rights", Melbourne Resistance organiser Brianna Pike told Green Left Weekly. "But here in Melbourne, Resistance is throwing ourselves into the broad
At the Tyson Foods slaughterhouse in Brooks, more than 2300 workers have been on strike since October 12 to demand better wages and conditions. The United Food and Commercial Workers members are demanding an end to harassment, improved safety
Jeremy Smith, Ballarat
A long campaign for an enterprise agreement at the University of Ballarat came to a head in the middle of October with a ballot on a management-drafted non-union enterprise agreement.
At stake was a 5% increase in
Doug Lorimer
A secret survey of Iraqi public opinion undertaken in August for the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) shows that up to 65% of Iraqis support attacks by the Iraqi armed resistance on the US-led occupation forces.
Reporting on the
Ike Okonta, Lagos
It's nearly 10 years since Nigerian activist and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) were hanged on the morning of November 10, 1995. Today, Nigeria faces fresh
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Pip Hinman
It seems that PM John Howard is keen to make Melbourne Cup week this year very memorable. He wants to introduce his terror bills — aimed at dissenters, including us — and more of his anti-worker bills into
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
The Recherche Bay Protection Group held a commemoration on October 28 for the 250th anniversary of the birth of French botanist Jacques-Julian Houtou de Labillardiere. The group used the occasion to call once again on the
Max Lane
It has been almost a month since the Indonesian government increased the retail price of petrol by 126% and of kerosene by 300%. The increases are a part of the Jakarta government's commitments made to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Margarita Windisch & Susan Price, Caracas
In January, the Sixth World Social Forum will take place on three continents: Africa (in Mali), Asia (in Pakistan) and Latin America (in Venezuela). The Caracas forum is scheduled for January 24-29 on the
Blowin' in the WindDirected by David BradburyLimited national season commencing in Sydney and Melbourne at Dendy cinemas on October 27, other cities to follow
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Alex Miller
A British Royal Air Force officer is facing a court martial after refusing to return to Iraq on the grounds that the war is illegal.
The October 17 British Guardian reported that Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith is facing four
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