GLW issue 736, published 2008-01-23.

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Philip Agee: US spy turned good

Philip Agee passed away in Cuba on January 7 at the age of 72. He was a former agent for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who broke ranks in 1968 to expose its role in intervening into foreign countries on behalf of US corporate profits. For this act of bravery, his passport was revoked and US pressure saw him expelled from a number of European countries. Marcel Hatch, education coordinator for Cuba Education Tours in Vancouver (<http://www.cubafriends.ca>) pays tribute.

Kenya: Rigged election triggers 'tribal' violence

The blatantly rigged election victory by Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in the December 27 presidential election triggered nationwide violence that took place largely along ethnic lines.

An open invitation to young workers

Work Choices hit the most vulnerable sections of the work force hardest — among them, young workers. With the Howard government now history, the challenge for young workers is to reclaim what was lost under these hated laws, to extend their rights at work, and actively participate in the rebuilding of the unions as organisations that put workers’ rights first. Bea Bassi, coordinator of the Socialist Alliance’s NSW Trade Union Committee, urges the next generation of workers to get active in the union movement.