GLW issue 651, published 2005-11-30.

VENEZUELA: Struggling for gay and lesbian rights

Revolutionary Venezuela is challenging the centuries-old prejudices of machismo and homophobia, the legacy of Spanish colonialism in Latin America. Yet as Heisler Vaamonde of the Revolutionary Gay Movement (MGR) told Green Left Weekly's Kiraz Janicke

$33,000 fines for defending your rights

Graham Matthews The federal government's Work Choices legislation aims to make illegal much of the "bread and butter" work of unions. The threat of a $33,000 fine awaits unions that continue to organise their members. The legislation also threatens

This week in history: John Maclean's sedition

On November 30, 1923 the great socialist agitator John Maclean died in Glasgow at the early age of 44. His health had been ground down by years of poverty and abuse in British prisons. Maclean was jailed several times for his opposition to World War

Campaign for justice for Agent Orange victims

Janet Parker Most people think that the war in Vietnam ended 30 years ago, but did it? More bombs were dropped on Vietnam than the total dropped by all sides in World War II. These bombs continue to wreak havoc; more than 84,000 people (mostly

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Australian News

'Free speech - yes! Ruddock - no!'

Ruddock — no!' LISMORE — On November 21, federal attorney-general Philip Ruddock was met by 120 protesters when he came to Lismore. The protest was organised by the Lismore Civil Rights Coalition and protesters chanted "Free speech — yes,

Members First challenge CPSU leadership

Paul Oboohov, one of the Members First candidates in the watershed Community and Public Sector Union elections, spent last week campaigning in Canberra. The union elections are being held from November 18 to December 7, and Members First is

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International News

GERMANY: Protesters delay nuclear waste train

Diet Simon, Bonn While both major parties making up German Chancellor Angela Merkel's new "grand coalition" government — the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats — are committed, on paper, to the gradual closing down of the country's 17

BOLIVIA: Neoliberal era about to end?

Federico Fuentes, La Paz This year marks the 20th anniversary of the implementation of Decree 21060, which heralded the dawning of the era of neoliberal "free market" policies in Bolivia. According to Jim Schultz, executive director of the

Further International News

Cultural Dissent

Melanie Shanahan: Talented 'world citizen'

BY SCOTT LEWINGTON I first met Melanie Shanahan in Hobart 20 years ago. She had moved down there because of her interest in environmental issues. She was active in Greenpeace in Sydney and, like many other activists, had been inspired by the Save

Canto Coro celebrates Victor Jara

Canto Coro, a Brunswick-based community choir with a repertoire composed of new work and Latin American and Greek choral classics, and the popular Andean band Inka Marka, present the concert ABLAZE, featuring the beautiful music of Victor Jara.

Further Cultural Dissent

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