Emma Brown & Marcus Greville, Melbourne
Alex Tilman, a representative of Fretlin, the largest political party in East Timor, and Vannessa Hearman, an Asia-Pacific journalist and solidarity activist, addressed a July 13 Green Left Weekly-organised
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Liz Turner, Melbourne
RMIT University had agreed to compensate a student who paid for, but did not receive, 80 contact hours for a TAFE furniture design course. International students pay $13.99 per contact hour for this course.
Prapass Chairat
Lisa Macdonald
The Howard government's wide-ranging assault on democratic rights was last month extended into the electoral arena. On June 22, federal parliament passed amendments to the electoral laws that make it even more difficult to challenge
On July 5, the US-based Venezuela Solidarity Network launched a campaign against the Mercenaries 2: World in Flames video game, which simulates an invasion of Venezuela to regain control of Venezuela's oil supply from a "power hungry tyrant". The
Michael Fox, Caracas
Thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people marched in this year's GLBT Pride parade in Caracas on July 2. This marks the sixth year in a row that Venezuela has held a gay pride parade.
The colorful and
Noreen Navin, Sydney
After a drawn-out absence from
Community TV Sydney (TVS), Actively Radical TV (ARTV) has
been reinstated to the community station, Channel 31. However, the conditions imposed by TVS management are unnecessarily onerous.
Kim Bullimore
Two Israeli soldiers were captured on July 12 by members of Hezbollah, the radical Lebanese Islamic movement. Eight Israeli soldiers were killed during clashes, reported the Haaretz newspaper. According to a Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Ana Hanson, Eden
Six hundred activists from around Australia gathered at the South East Fibre Exports woodchip mill, south of Eden in NSW, on July 2 to protest against the logging of native forests. Ninety per cent of wood logged in the Eden area
According to a July 11 statement issued by the Trade Union Solidarity Action Committee of St Petersburg and Leningrad region, activists planning protests against the July 15-17 G8 summit in St Petersburg are facing a wave of violence and repression.
Farida Iqbal
Most Australian universities have a queer space — a space that is safe from homophobia and is used to organise queer rights campaigns, socialise and obtain referrals to services. These are vital spaces, helping to ameliorate the
Venezuelanalysis.com reported on July 11 that the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez has set aside $10 million to compensate the families of campesino (peasant) leaders assassinated in the period since Venezuela's land reform program began
Roberto Jorquera
The July 2 Mexican presidential election were marked by large-scale vote rigging by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). There has been overwhelming condemnation by Mexican and international observers, with many referring to the
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