Roberto Jorquera, Melbourne
On October 29, a stall selling Green Left Weekly in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick was ordered to leave by police who had been called by the Barkly Square Shopping Centre management.
Barkly Square has been the
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Susan Price & Margarita Windisch, Caracas
Venezuelans celebrated across the country on October 28 to mark the official declaration that the Bolivarian republic has now become officially free of illiteracy. The day also marked the birthday of Simon
Jon Lamb
The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) in East Timor has completed its report documenting human rights violations that took place under 24-year-long Indonesian military (TNI) occupation. The 2000-page report, which
According to a report issued on October 24 by the Palestinian National Information Centre, 4172 Palestinians have been killed and 8435 have been wounded in the five years since the beginning of the Al Aqsa intifada. Of those killed, 783 were
DARWIN — On October 27, around 40 inmates in the Berrimah prison staged a sit-in protest to demand improved conditions. The demands of the prisoners included provision of a second telephone (there is currently only one phone for 120 people in M
Green Left Weekly's Liam Mitchell exposes some of the many lies contained in WorkChoices, the federal government's new industrial relations package.
Myth: WorkChoices will protect minimum conditions by law.
Fact: Only the minimum wage and casual
Sue Bolton
It is no exaggeration to say that the federal Coalition government's package of vicious laws — attacking workers and unions, welfare support and democratic rights — is the most serious assault on the rights of working-class people in
Federico Fuentes, La Paz
After travelling 18 hours from La Paz on a number of different buses and a trek through mud and rain to cross flooded roads, I arrived in Chimore, a town of 2000 residents in Bolivia's remote Chapare jungle, located 580
Simon Cunich
The strengthening of Australia's "anti-terrorism" laws proposed by the federal government includes creating new offences for "those who communicate inciting messages ... including against Australia's forces overseas and in support of
PERTH — As part of this year's Pride Parade, held on October 29, the Cross-Campus Queer Network, the Western Australian network for queer university students, put together a parade float opposing the Howard government's anti-student union and
David Scrimgeour
In the contemporary Australian political climate, many of the democratic gains of the 20th century are being undermined — even Indigenous land rights.
The struggle for Indigenous land rights has resulted in a wide recognition
The Latham DiariesBy Mark LathamMelbourne University Press, 2005429 pages, $39.95 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
No wonder federal ALP politicians are narked. Mark Latham, after eleven years in federal parliament (including a year as leader of the
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