Socialist Vietnam and Venezuela, led by socialist President Hugo Chavez, have agreed to build a "strategic relationship" and to bring their economic relationships on a par with their already strong political links. The countries' two-way trade in
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Tim Anderson
In late 2005, while war raged in the Middle East and oil prices rose drastically, governments and oil companies repeated the "market forces" mantra, saying there was nothing they could do about oil prices. However, the Venezuelan
Diplomatic RelationsArtworks by Azlan McLennanThe Anti Mascot Project, part of the New Wave FestivalPlatform Two art space, Flinders Street, Melbourne, until April 2
REVIEW BY ELSIE SNASHALL-WOODHAMS
A display of artworks by controversial
Dave Riley
If you are among the 4 billion or so of this planet's occupants who hail from the Third World, a moment of fame can be yours if, by some extraordinary good fortune, you take part in the tournament we like to refer to as the Commonwealth
Dick Nichols, Melbourne
The March 18 Victorian state conference of the Socialist Alliance, held in Melbourne's Trades Hall, focused on the fight against the Howard government's Work Choices legislation and its racist policies against Muslim and
PERTH — On March 21, labour historian Michael Crosby presented the WA Labour History Society's annual Harold Peden Memorial lecture to 50 people at the Unions WA office. Crosby, author of Power at Work — Rebuilding the Australian Trade Union
Zoe Kenny
Craig Ingram, the state MP for East Gippsland and a long-term campaigner for the regeneration of the Snowy River, spoke to Green Left Weekly about the Snowy River Hydroelectric Scheme privatisation plan.
What have the NSW and Victorian
Kerryn Williams
After police attacked a protest outside the Cendrawasih University in the West Papuan capital Jayapura on March 16, several police officers and an Indonesian military intelligence officer were killed. Many students and other
In a speech in Cleveland on March 20, US President George Bush cited the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, 60 kilometres west of Mosul, as providing a "reason for hope" that the US would win its now three-year-long war in Iraq. Last September, Tal Afar was the
Little BritainWritten and performed by Matt Lucas and David WalliamsABC TVWednesdays 9pm
REVIEWED BY DAVE RILEY
Political correctness (PC) is the death of satire in many ways, as it precludes tackling the undercurrents such that you cannot so
Rod Quantock is a Melbourne institution in comedy. This year, he marks his 20th anniversary at the Melbourne Comedy Festival with his new show Australia. Australia looks at this wide brown land and examines what's so good about it, other than its
Ed Ascroft
The federal government's propaganda about its "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation, rushed through parliament on December 12, emphasised "choice". But already, universities are feeling the impact of this "voluntary" law in cuts
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