BY ROHAN PEARCE
The Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem has conducted an investigation into the murder of Murad 'Awaisa, a 17-year-old Palestinian. 'Awaisa was killed in Ramallah at the beginning of Israel's bloody "Operation Defensive
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BY SOPHIE FISCHER
Capitalists like to pretend that young people aren't really people at all. People under 18 are not allowed to drink, smoke, lease a house or even get a library card without "adult" permission.
There are many other restrictions
On June 20, Spain was paralysed by a one-day general strike. The country's main union federations reported that more than 80% of the work force walked out. Hundreds of thousands of workers demonstrated across the country. The strike was called to
BY CHRIS ATKINSON
DARWIN — Responding to widespread opposition, the Mindil Beach Sunset Market Association (MBSMA) on June 19 dropped its attempt to make Green Left Weekly campaigners pay for a "busking licence" in order to distribute the paper.
Colombia is the most dangerous country for trade unionists. This was the finding of a survey conducted by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). In 2001, 201 trade unionists were reported killed or disappeared in Colombia. This
BY LYNDA HANSEN
BRISBANE — "Pharmaceuticals should be free", declared Mwampole Rita Bridgwood as she addressed a forum on "Africa: a HIV crisis" organised by Amnesty International and Oxfam Community Aid Abroad in West End on June 18. Bridgwood
LONDON — On June 16, protesters disrupted Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri's meeting with British Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair. Waving placards, posters and a grave stone for the murdered Papuan leader Theys Eluay, protesters blocked
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — The persistence of the movement for a self-determination referendum in Aceh, the emergence of the Papuan People's Council and the troubles in Ambon have all raised concerns about whether Indonesian unity can be maintained.
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Four people were arrested on June 18 as police and security guards moved in to allow the commencement of surveying and earthmoving works at the site of the proposed nuclear food irradiation facility at Narangba industrial
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — Federal workplace relations minister Tony Abbott is lashing out at the two main militant unions that defend their members' rights, regardless of the federal government's anti-worker industrial relations laws.
The two
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