BY JIM McILROY
Jim Cairns, the most prominent leader of the mass protests in the early 1970s against Australia's involvement in the US war against Vietnam and standard-bearer of the Victorian ALP parliamentary left of his generation, died on
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Reality TV is designed to bring out the worst in people. On October 20, the top-rating Australian Idol â a glorified talent quest â really delivered the goods when "judge" and music industry heavy Ian "Dicko" Dickenson counselled beautiful and
BY KARL MILLAR
MELBOURNE — Around 1200 people gathered outside the State Library to protest against the visit of US President George Bush, also the world's number one terrorist. The protest featured the many home-made banners and placards that
COMMENT BY PIP HINMAN
Some 10,000 people demonstrated against the visit to Australia by US President George Bush on October 22-23. This number can't compare with the 1 million in February, but it is significant. It shows that the anti-war movement
BY AARON BENEDEK& SARAH STEPHEN
SYDNEY — The murder of two people in the south-western Sydney suburb of Greenacre on October 14 has been turned from a criminal investigation into a new round of government and media attacks on Sydney's Arab
BY CHRISTANO KERRILA
In response to the revolutionary process unfolding in Venezuela, the country's capitalist oligarchy, supported by the US government, has wielded its economic power in the form of sabotage.
Through an alliance with corrupt
BY EVA CHENG
The central objective behind Prime Minister John Howard's invitation to Chinese President Hu Jintao to visit Australia has been to secure a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with China, in the hope that this will provide privileged
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — On October 23, 100 angry Queensland families-department workers marched on the Crime and Misconduct Commission's hearing into abuse of foster children. The CMC has heard allegations of widespread mistreatment and neglect
BY CHRISTANO KERRILA
According to the October 16 Venezuelanalysis.com, Venezuela is to face "Megarecall" on March 27 next year. On that day, there is likely to be opposition-instigated referenda on whether President Hugo Chavez and 34 other members
BY ORLANDO ORAMAS LEON
HAVANA â They are not an image of terrorism, those weather-beaten faces of Bolivian miners and campesinos creased with premature yet ancient wrinkles who flooded the steep streets of La Paz in their rivers of rebellion. On
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