Osama Yousif
In 1983, the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed in opposition to Sudan's Islamist military regime. The SPLM called for the liberation of Sudan from poverty, for peace, for a solution to the oppression and
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Sue Bull, Warrnambool
As the Temperance Hall in Warrnambool began to fill on August 6, it was clear that even in country towns people are worried about the impact of the federal government's amendments to industrial relations laws.
Two hundred
On average, union members earn $125 more per week than workers who are not in unions, and have better working conditions and job security. The federal Coalition government wants to undermine the ability of unions to fight for workers' rights by:
Marce Cameron, Sydney
Representatives from the City Hub and the City News, the Big Issue, Green Left Weekly and progressive organisations met on August 8 to launch the Sydney Free Speech Alliance. The alliance will campaign against the City of
Mike Fuller
The August 9 overturning of the Miami court decision that unfairly jailed five Cubans charged with conspiracy to commit espionage was a major victory and they deserve an apology, stated their defence counsel Leonard Weinglass.
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Susan Price, Sydney
One hundred protesting unionists forced Imperial Mushrooms, located in Sydney's far western suburbs, to shut its gates for the day on August 12. The unionists were taking action in support of Carmen Walacz Vel Walewska, a
Land of the living dead
"If the US Army and its Iraqi allies are killing as many insurgents as reports indicate they are per month, why is the insurgency intensifying instead of collapsing?" — United Press International, August 8.
Afraid of
Joe Lewis
Sustainability, as I define it, is the ability for a system to continue indefinitely for a prolonged period of time without reducing the amenity or the resources that maintain it.
Put this way it might seem to be a form of perpetual
Some 20,000 delegates from more than 140 countries attended the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students on August 8-15 with the theme "For peace, solidarity and against imperialism". Australia-Venezuela solidarity brigade participant Paul Benedek
Human beings have a range of needs — some physical, the need for food and shelter and some mental, like the need for intellectual and aesthetic stimulation. Satisfaction of these is a prerequisite for leading a fulfilling life and, in the case of
Doug Lorimer
Under the headline "Military Plans Gradual Cuts in Iraq Forces", the August 7 New York Times reported that it had been told by "three senior military officers and Defense Department officials" that at a classified briefing given to
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
"What we need is action, not just commemorations. We need to stop future Hiroshimas by stopping today's Hiroshima: the war in Iraq", US peace activist Phyllis Bennis told a rally of 200 people in King George Square, held to
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