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.
Ron Perkins
On October 26, Ka Ric Ramos, president of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union (CATLU), became the latest victim in the year-long strike of sugar mill and agricultural workers at the Hacienda Luisita in central Luzon. Shot dead
Steph Mawson& Karol Florek, Tupiza
Beginning on October 17, the Bolivian towns of Villazon, Tupiza and Cotagaita went on strike to pressure the government to complete a "highway" asphalting project. The planned "highway" runs between these towns
Sue Bull, Geelong
Twenty trade unionists and their supporters held a protest on November 4 outside the Aldi Supermarket in Belmont, a residential suburb three kilometres south-east of Geelong, to highlight that Aldi compels all its employees on to
Nick Everett
In September last year, the owners of Venepal, a paper mill in Venezuela's Carabobo state, decided to cease operations and not pay their workers' wages. A year later the paper mill, now known as Invepal (Venezuelan Endogenous Paper
Nico Leka, Newcastle
Jamie Storer, Rod Baker and Adam Burgoyne are Boeing F/A-18 Hornet maintenance specialists. Together with 24 colleagues, they have been on strike for more than 150 days at the Williamtown airbase for simply demanding to be
Shorts on Screen: Circa — What do we do with these boat people? The question is asked by an Indigenous person in this re-creation of when white Europeans began arriving. SBS, Sunday, November 13, 12.05am.
Cutting Edge: Karl Rove, the Architect
Death-row prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams faces execution in California on December 13. Having grown up in the face of poverty and racism in Los Angeles, African American Williams co-founded the Crips in 1971, which soon became the city's most
New BougainvilleBy CliveAvailable as VHS for $28 (including postage)Email <clive@mekamui.org>
New Bougainville is about Bougainville gaining a new autonomous government, a joyous moment for Bougainvilleans after ten years of blood and
Linda Waldron
At 8.52am (local Pakistan time) on October 8 an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit Afghanistan, north-west India and Pakistan. The worst-affected areas were in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and
Pam Walker, Sydney
Nationwide News, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has been granted permission to hand out its newspaper mX on city footpaths in exchange for a $362,000 yearly fee, payable to the City of Sydney.
And if you're
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