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BY FEDERICO FUENTES Since the failed April 11-14 coup against Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez, it has become even clearer that the move to topple the oil-rich Latin American country's democratically elected government was inspired from
BY ANN-LOUISE COLGAN Over the past two decades, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have undermined Africa's health by forcing governments to reduce the role of the state and cut government expenditure. These institutions have
BATHURST — Braving sub-zero overnight temperatures, students at the Bathurst campus of Charles Sturt University (CSU) have been camping outside the university management's office for two weeks to demand a reversal of funding cuts to the School of
BY ROHAN PEARCE Has the world gone mad? The months since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have shown how brutal and callous the terribly misnamed "war on terrorism" is. Now we see the "Bush Doctrine" expanded to
Museworthy: The Earth's Flowerfor Tomaz Salamun How clear this is!You can see right through to the terrorat its centre.I don't want to be watching the manwho's lost half his bodywhen he turns to catch me staring.Shall I show him my dirty
On June 20, Spain was paralysed by a one-day general strike. The country's main union federations reported that more than 80% of the work force walked out. Hundreds of thousands of workers demonstrated across the country. The strike was called to
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BY ALEX SALMON & JULIANNE GREEN PERTH — The June 22 component of the June 22-23 national mobilisations to demand that the Australian government end the mandatory detention of asylum seekers attracted good crowds. More than 800 people
TogetherDirected by Lukas MoodyssonShowing at Dendy cinemas REVIEW BY MARIA VOUKELATOS Elisabeth tires of her abusive alcoholic husband, so she packs her bags, takes her children and goes off to live with her brother, Goran. Elisabeth is a fairly
BY PETER BOYLE The world has never produced so much food, there is no overall shortage and food has seldom been so cheap — yet some 800 million people are hungry today. That's the stark reality registered at the second World Food Summit held in
BY LYNDA HANSEN BRISBANE — "Pharmaceuticals should be free", declared Mwampole Rita Bridgwood as she addressed a forum on "Africa: a HIV crisis" organised by Amnesty International and Oxfam Community Aid Abroad in West End on June 18. Bridgwood
ALEX MILNE& TARO KEEFE Are you worried about the greenhouse gases which are emitted by our coal electricity generators? Does it concern you that every time you turn on a light or boil a kettle you are contributing to global warming? Fear not, the