CANBERRA — The date for warmongering British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to Australia has now been confirmed. Join the protest at parliament lawns on March 28 between 10.30am and 1.30pm to give Blair the "welcome" he deserves. The
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Kim Bullimore, Melbourne
On March 1, 160 people packed out the Kaliede Theatre to hear former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg speak live from England via video conferencing hookup. The public forum, organised by the Civil Rights Defence
Coral Wynter, Caracas
During the January World Social Forum, Medea, a spokesperson from the US women's organisation Women in Pink, asked that women organising International Women's Day events this year incorporate opposition to the war in Iraq as
Jon Lamb, Darwin
The February 23 decision by NT environment minister Marion Scrymgour to reject the expansion of the McArthur River lead and zinc mine on environmental grounds has prompted a huge campaign by businesses and the mining lobby to get
Zoe Kenny
On February 25, the five-day blockade by several hundred West Papuan villagers of the sole access road to Freeport's Grasberg mine was called off. The villagers achieved their modest goal of retaining the right (although formally illegal)
Bringing down a corrupt system
Peter Boyle
So the Howard government has been forced to admit that a cable was sent in 2000 to a variety of its ministers, including PM John Howard and then-defence minister John Moore, warning of kickbacks in the
Ian Jamieson, Fremantle
Rail-line construction contractor Leighton-Kumagai has threatened to sack and sue about 430 of its employees — all members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) — who are working the city end of
Stuart Munckton
Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez has sacked three government ministers, according to a February 21 Venezuelanalysis.com report, in response to irregularities and problems relating to food production and distribution.
Stuart Munckton
In her February 16 budget speech to the US Senate, during which she singled out the government of Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez for attack, US Secretary of State and renowned neo-conservative Condoleezza Rice came out
Cuba's National Office of Statistics has calculated that between 1959 and the end of 2004, the US caused US$80 billion of damage to the island's population through its economic blockade. According to a foreign ministry report on the statistics, which
The United Casual Workers Alliance, which campaigns for the rights of casual and lower paid workers, was launched on February 13 on the Gold Coast. Green Left Weekly's Dave Riley spoke with Amelia Taylor about the campaign.
I guess a large
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
"The Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has decided that there should be another national day of action as soon as possible" against the new federal anti-worker laws, AMWU state secretary Dave
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