The test broadcast phase for the new Latin America-wide satellite television channel Telesur ended on October 31 with the launch of a continuous live signal from its studios in Caracas.
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On November 4, riots continued for the ninth consecutive night as young people, many with African and Arab backgrounds, set fire to cars and buildings in Paris's poor, migrant-populated suburbs. The riots were sparked on October 27 when two teenagers of African origin were accidentally electrocuted as they fled police.
Sarah Smith, Perth
PM John "Howard makes laws to suit himself and the laws are all designed to smash us", said Kevin Reynolds, Western Australian secretary of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU),
It wasn't her fault
"I can honestly say that without Mrs Parks, I probably would not be standing here today as secretary of state." — NeoCondoleezza Rice at a memorial service for black civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who died on October 25.
The following is an abridged message of solidarity issued by Venezuela's National Union of Workers (UNT).
The National Union of Workers of Venezuela backs the actions of the Australian workers in their struggle against the anti-union laws being
On October 17, the CFMEU Construction and Energy Division adopted the following resolution in solidarity with Venezuela at its national conference.
The CFMEU Construction and Energy Division congratulates and supports the Venezuelan government for
Margarita Windisch & Susan Price, Caracas
One thousand delegates crammed into the Teatro Teresa Careno to hear President Hugo Chavez open the first Latin American Conference of Enterprises Recovered and Controlled by Workers, held on October
Brian Jones, Chicago
After Martin Luther King, the most widely recognised figure of the US civil rights movement is Rosa Parks. She died on October 25, at the age of 92. Her famous act of defiance — refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus
Having booked seats in the public gallery, we disrupted business-as-usual in the House of Representatives on October 31. We planned to stand up and call out, "Resist bad laws! We won't be silenced!" after PM John Howard spoke on the topic. However,
Police state
Australia is becoming a police state, with hysterical support after the London bombing atrocities for extension of already draconian detention without trial measures.
The Coalition government and politicised and intimidated public
Pip Hinman
At one of the regular Green Left Weekly Saturday stalls in Newtown, Sydney, the chats with locals and passers-by was interrupted when the local constabulary demanded to see a permit.
"What permit", the Green Left supporter asked?
Eva Cheng
The world was stunned when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the shores of Asian countries in December 2004. It killed 300,000 people. But "slow-motion" disasters are unfolding every day with a killing power equal to three such tsunamis every
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