Alex Tighe
Too bad if you happen to be employed in a small business that decides to cut costs by making you redundant. Even worse luck if you have worked there for several years. The Coalition government has displayed its aggressive anti-worker
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Sarah Stephen
Aladdin Sisalem, a 25-year-old Palestinian born in Kuwait, has spent the last four years in search of a country that could offer him freedom from persecution. On May 31, he finally found it, as he flew into Melbourne with a visa in
Alison Dellit
Colombian oil workers have returned to work after a victorious 37-day strike against the privatisation of the state-run oil company Ecopetrol.
Colombia's government has been progressively privatising Ecopetrol through a restructure
Katie Cherrington, Newcastle
Rank-and-file members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) are uniting across the country against the May 5 decision by the union's National Management Committee (NMC) to close the Hunter region organising
Dr Marg Perrott
The federal government's attack on confidential medical access for those under 16 is yet another example of the government's right-wing ideological offensive against people in need and the population in general.
On December 5 last
Steven Katsineris
The US wants to upgrade its half-century intelligence presence on Cyprus into a fully fledged army base when the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides agree on reunification, according to a report by Iason Athanasiadis in the March 6
Seeds of Deception: Exposing industry and government lies about the safety of the genetically engineered foods you're eatingBy Jeffery M. SmithScribe Publications, 2004292 pages, $30 (pb)
REVIEWED BY PHIL SHANNON
Dr Arpad Pusztai wasn't expecting
Dianne Hiles, Sydney
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) undertook an inquiry during 2002 into children in immigration detention.
On May 13, the report, "A Last Resort?", and its recommendations were tabled, very quietly, in
Roberto Jorquera
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on June 4 that opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had managed to collect enough valid signatures to demand a recall referendum for the presidency.
Martin Sanchez
Rohan Pearce
On June 1, PM John Howard finally admitted that Australian soldiers had known that US soldiers were torturing Iraqi prisoners. Up until then, his government had insisted that Australian officials had found out about illegal US
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