Roberto Jorquera, an activist from the Venezuelan Solidarity Network in Australia, is in Caracas to help prepare for the solidarity brigade the network is organising from July 25-August 15, and to report on the unfolding revolution there. Regular
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On March 19, 14 people were arrested for "public violence" after 750 people from the Kennedy Road Informal Settlement in Claire Estate blockaded a major road with burning tyres for four hours. On March 21, 1200 people marched to the local police
Allen Myers, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City is booming. As you approach from the outskirts, signs of economic growth are all around you. Buildings and roads are under construction everywhere. Neat three to five storey dwellings line the roads,
MELBOURNE — Workers sacked from the ABM Plastics factory in Braeside held a barbeque outside the K&K Plastics factory in Clayton on March 8. They had received information indicating that some of the production formerly carried out at ABM Plastics
On April 11-17, events around the world will develop solidarity with the Venezuelan revolution. The week of solidarity will mark the third anniversary of the defeat of a US-backed coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose government is
SYDNEY — The NSW branch of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) is challenging an attempt of one of its officials to seek compensation in the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).
CEPU NSW branch vice-president Peter Jones
One of the guests at the third Asia-Pacific International Solidarity Conference, held in Sydney at Easter, was Helmuth Markov, who is a member of the European Parliament from the German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). This is an abridged version
Around 200 East Timorese protesters were attacked on April 9 by police, including special branch paramilitary forces.
Farooq Tariq, Lahore
Yasmeen Kanwal, a leading activist with the women's rights organisation Women Workers Help Line (WWHL), was killed on April 4 in Shahdra, a suburb of Lahore. A medical investigation is being carried out to confirm reports she
Dani Barley
Two years after the invasion of Iraq, which generated the biggest protests in history, the anti-war movement in the United States is re-gathering strength. At the forefront of this movement has been the families of soldiers in Iraq, and
Farida Iqbal
"Voluntary student unionism" legislation (VSU) is designed to crush student organisations by ending universal student union membership.
Federal education minister Brendan Nelson is framing the VSU debate in terms of Lego clubs and
Tim Anderson
The federal government, backed by mining company-funded "think tanks", has a new agenda for Aboriginal land rights: privatise them. And privatisation here, as elsewhere, means that the sharks will move in.
In February, Indigenous
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