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As Venezuela's elected president faces a recall referendum pushed for by Venezuela's US-backed corporate elite, Leonel Vivas, that country's ambassador in Australia, released the following statement on July 5. On the July 5, 1811, the people of
Green Left Weekly 's Dave Riley interviewed public transport activists and commentators. Answering his questions are Paul Mees, a teacher in transport planning at Melbourne University and a former president of the Public Transport Users Association;
Jacob Mundy On June 11, the United Nations announced that former US secretary of state James Baker had resigned his position as the UN secretary-general's personal envoy to the Western Sahara. Baker failed to bring the Moroccan government around to
Brandon Pillay, Durban Marcel King, the youngest son of Alemaine King, of Rinkgreen Walk, Greenbury, was killed on June 24 by the eThekweni (greater Durban) municipal council security force as he defended his helpless mum. Alemaine and her
Revolution in the air: From Malcolm and Martin to Lenin, Mao and CheMax ElbaumVerso Press, 2003384 pages, $58.50 (pb) REVIEW BY BARRY SHEPHERD In Australia, and all over the world, people from different backgrounds are looking for ways to rebuild
Joyce Semaan Palestinians have hailed a decision handed down on July 9 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that declared the apartheid wall that Israel is constructing in the West Bank illegal. The decision came after five months of
Stephen Darley, Adelaide We all know that the invasion of Iraq wasn't about weapons of mass destruction, or terrorism, or how bad Saddam Hussein was, or any other of the threadbare excuses that have been exposed as barefaced lies. It was about
Kathy Newnam Agreements signed by defence minister Robert Hill at the annual Australia-US ministerial consultations in Washington on July 7 greatly strengthened Australian government support for the US war machine. The agreements include plans to
@PARAFILTR ON = Control of Rivers: Water, War, Peace — Examines the possibility of future international disputes arising over the availability of fresh drinking water. SBS, Friday July 16, 1pm. Cutting Edge: The World According to Bush —
Sarah Stephen Over the last 10 years, racism has been on the rise in Australian society. A report by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission released last month illustrates how Arab and Muslim Australians have become the most recent
The Building Industry Group — the combined Victorian building unions — will show its solidarity with Colombian workers on July 22 by bringing a delegation of stewards from local building sites to an annual rally against Coca-Cola in Melbourne.
#1 News briefs #1 CFMEU retains right of entry PERTH - Up to 300 building workers converged on the Holiday Inn Burswood construction site on June 28, following the sacking of six construction workers. The sacked workers, all members of the