Roberto Jorquera Mexicans went to the polls on July 2 to elect a new president. Officially, Felipe Calderon from the pro-business National Action Party won by 0.58%. However, it has become increasingly clear that the elections were stolen by
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Colin Mitchell, Melbourne On July 24, activists from Civil Rights Defence (CRD) protested in front of the County Court at the committal hearing of 13 Muslim men arrested in raids in Melbourne last November and March. The men are accused of
Sue Bolton The WA CFMEU "has received magnificent support from all over Australia and all over the world", state secretary Kevin Reynolds told Green Left Weekly. "We've had support from unionists in the United States, Britain, Germany and all over
Sashi Dharann, Melbourne A 24-hour candlelight vigil was held on July 24-25 in remembrance of the victims of the 1983 "Black July" anti-Tamil riots in Sri Lanka. "There is not one Tamil person who was not directly affected by these events, whether
Come and SeeDirected by Elem KlimovScreenplay by Elem Klimov and Ales AdamovichDVD Release, Noveaux Pictures REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER This film, directed by Soviet cinema legend Elem Klimov, was originally released in cinemas in 1985 and is here
Following the 30,000-strong protests around Australia on July 22 against Israel's bombing of Lebanon and Gaza, anti-war actions continued last week, with plans for more during the next fortnight. Linda Seaborn reports from Hobart that 40 people
On July 26, Greens Senator Bob Brown called on PM John Howard to reveal if Australia is still sending arms to Israel and, if so, to suspend the exports. According to Brown, "defence exports to Israel were worth almost $10 million in 2004, the last
On July 24 representatives of the six commands of the Tentara Pembebasan Nasional (the National Liberation Army) announced the creation of a unified command structure. The representatives, who held a meeting in Madang in neighbouring Papua New
East Timor Tim Anderson's excellent analysis of "East Timor after Alkatiri" (GLW #674) goes only part of the way to explaining where Australia is at in its push to establish a puppet protectorate to its near north. While the emerging picture in
A former union organiser in Australia, Sari Kassis, is in war-torn southern Lebanon helping 750 displaced people sheltering in a local school. Kassis is appealing for help as hundreds of thousands of Lebanese families flee their homes. "Internally
Emma Clancy, Sydney Rotem Mor is a young Israeli refusenik (conscripts who refuse to serve in the military to protest the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza) who is currently on a speaking tour around Australia. On July 9, he addressed the 35th
Ghassan Hage Here we are, once again, protesting Israeli barbarism — that same technologically over-equipped barbarism that has made the lives of so many of us unbearable for the last 60 years. The issue today is not the rights or wrongs of
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