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Loose Cannons

It wasn't her fault "I can honestly say that without Mrs Parks, I probably would not be standing here today as secretary of state." — NeoCondoleezza Rice at a memorial service for black civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who died on October 25.

CFMEU commits to solidarity with Venezuela

On October 17, the CFMEU Construction and Energy Division adopted the following resolution in solidarity with Venezuela at its national conference. The CFMEU Construction and Energy Division congratulates and supports the Venezuelan government for

Venezuelan union supports Australian workers' struggle

The following is an abridged message of solidarity issued by Venezuela's National Union of Workers (UNT). The National Union of Workers of Venezuela backs the actions of the Australian workers in their struggle against the anti-union laws being

VENEZUELA: 'Workers must take the initiative'

Margarita Windisch & Susan Price, Caracas One thousand delegates crammed into the Teatro Teresa Careno to hear President Hugo Chavez open the first Latin American Conference of Enterprises Recovered and Controlled by Workers, held on October

UNITED STATES: Rosa Parks: 'A life of being rebellious'

Brian Jones, Chicago After Martin Luther King, the most widely recognised figure of the US civil rights movement is Rosa Parks. She died on October 25, at the age of 92. Her famous act of defiance — refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus

Write On: Letters to the Editor

Police state Australia is becoming a police state, with hysterical support after the London bombing atrocities for extension of already draconian detention without trial measures. The Coalition government and politicised and intimidated public

Time for civil disobedience

Having booked seats in the public gallery, we disrupted business-as-usual in the House of Representatives on October 31. We planned to stand up and call out, "Resist bad laws! We won't be silenced!" after PM John Howard spoke on the topic. However,