Contending that water is a resource belonging to the people of Guam, I Nasion Chamoru organised a protest involving 30 members of indigenous rights organisations on June 13, protesting efforts to privatise the Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA). A
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James Lehrer, La Paz
Following over three weeks of social upheaval, now known as the Second Gas War, Bolivians have thrown out their second president in less than two years.
On June 9, after weeks of blockades, marches and strikes that bought
SYDNEY — Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) employees in Sydney struck for an hour at lunchtime on June 16 to protest over stalled bargaining negotiations. Workers in the NSW state office rallied at Belmore Park, supported by
Why are we not surprised
"In mounting [a court] challenge to an Internal Revenue Service ruling that branded a certain tax shelter abusive and illegal, a promoter of the shelter has had to provide a rare glimpse of the investors who bought into it.
Sarah Stephen
After four meetings culminating in six hours of crisis talks on June 17, Prime Minister John Howard emerged with a deal he could be proud of. Speaking at a press conference that same day, Howard called the compromise deal with four
Douglas Wood, the US-based, Australian construction contractor held for six weeks by Iraqi resistance fighters, has been freed. But what about the hundreds of Arabic- speaking and Turkomen Iraqis who have been abducted at gunpoint in the northern
Stealing a NationDirected by John Pilger and Christopher MartinProduced by Granada Television
REVIEW BY MELANIE BARNES
If anyone is in any doubt about the illusion of democracy in Western nations, John Pilger's latest documentary Stealing a
Scottish Socialist Party parliamentarian Rosie Kane, recently returned from Cuba, reported in the June 12 Sunday Mail on her visit to a bar in the Cuban capital: "Over a rum and ice, I got chatting with the locals. They wanted to know about Scotland,
Kim Bullimore
Since early June, almost-daily peaceful protests in the Salfit district of the West Bank have been hit by teargas, stun grenades, live ammunition and rubber bullets by Israeli occupation forces. The residents of Salfit are trying to
Duroyan Fertl
On June 10, the 10th round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the South American nations of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, and the United States, ended in a stalemate, with neither side willing to budge, in yet another
Peter Boyle
On June 16, the federal minister for employment and workplace relations, Kevin Andrews, used a Dorothy Dix question to attack the June 11 National Trade Union Fightback Conference, singling out Socialist Alliance members Chris Cain and
Will They Ever Trust Us Again? Letters From the War ZoneBy Michael MoorePenguin Books, 2004218 pages, $24.95
REVIEW BY ALEX SALMON
In his latest book, Will They Ever Trust Us Again, Michael Moore set out to continue the work of his most recent
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