Chris Slee & Graham Matthews, Melbourne
Stephen Jolly, national secretary of the Socialist Party, was elected to the Yarra City Council for the ward of Langridge in the November 27 Victorian council elections.
An ALP and a Greens member were also
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No politician wants to be associated with the James Hardie scandal. Who can blame them? Australia has the world's highest per capita incidence of mesothelioma, one of the painful forms of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibres. By 2020, 18,000
Kylie Moon, Sydney
"Fightback: Resisting Howard's Agenda" was the theme of a public meeting at the Sydney Gaelic Club on December 2 that brought together 90 activists involved in many of the current campaigns against the attacks of the Howard
Linda Waldron, Delhi
The Fourth National Conference of the All India Progressive Women's Association was held in Delhi on November 24-25. The conference opened with two minutes' silence to honour Manju Singh, an AIPWA activist from Bihar gunned
Alison Dellit
Students from more than 60 colleges, universities, and high schools worldwide organised events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, and to demand that Dow Chemical resolve its legal and moral responsibilities for the
Doug Lorimer
November was the deadliest month for the US occupation forces in Iraq since the war began in March 2003, with twice as many US soldiers dying as in October. At least 135 US troops died in November — the same number as last April,
Six indigenous activists ended a hunger strike on December 3, after attempting to draw attention to US and British attempts to stall the adoption of a United Nations declaration on indigenous peoples' rights. 2004 marks the end of the UN's Decade of
Stuart Munckton
If there is one thing that US imperialism cannot stand, it is the threat of a good example.
The US has a long and bloodstained history of using brutal force to make sure Latin America stays open to exploitation by US corporations.
Donna Mulhearn, Baghdad
In the chilly darkness, Baghdad father of three Ali rises at 3am. He grabs a blanket and makes his way to the car.
He nervously watches the fuel gauge, deep in the red, as he slowly crawls through back streets to join the
Rafael Eitan
Former Israeli Chief-of-Staff Rafael Eitan was swept to his death on November 23 by a giant wave as he stood on a breakwater.
The Sydney Morning Herald claim that "Eitan earned notoriety for outspoken comments about Arabs and opposed
On December 1, the British High Court ruled that the Telegraph had defamed former Labour MP George Galloway when it claimed that documents had been found in Baghdad alleging Galloway was in the pay of Saddam Hussein. The paper was ordered to pay
Peter Boyle
"Labor gets with the program", rejoiced the December 1 editorial in Rupert Murdoch's Australian. "With two key backflips yesterday, Labor finally appears to be coming around to the understanding that it needs to demonstrate its economic
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