Sue Bolton
Newcastle members of the Community and Public Sector Union picketed the national office of the union in Sydney on June 9 to protest against a May 5 CPSU national management committee (NMC) decision to close down the union's Newcastle
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War on Terror
"I was standing there depicting the iconic picture of the tortured Iraqi prisoner." — Comment by Joseph Previtera, a 21-year-old Boston student, after he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, making a false bomb threat,
Roberto Jorquera
On June 12, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that there would be a recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez on August 15.
Voters will be asked: "Do you agree to leave without effect for the current
Tim Stewart
With one foot firmly on the accelerator and a gearstick stuck in reverse, Prime Minister John Howard released an energy white paper on June 15 the central plank of which is a tax cut on greenhouse-gas generating fossil fuels while
Sexual assault
Like us and many of our friends, we imagine that you have been disturbed by the spate of sexual assault allegations against prominent AFL and NRL footballers. The responses from football administrations, clubs and players have
Monica Hill, New York
Radicals representing divergent opinions and various tendencies and groups crowded into Freedom Hall in Harlem on June 2 to take part in a forum entitled "Is it time for a US socialist alliance?"
The 70 people present
In the June European Parliament elections, the progressive unity coalition Respect, running former Labour MP George Galloway as its lead candidate, obtained an average of 1.7% of the vote across England and Wales. This modest result, however,
Pablo Stefanoni, La Paz
Government officials and planners have long seen El Alto as a "problem city" — a hotbed of political protest, indigenous people's resistance and autonomous grassroots organisation.
El Alto — located 4000 metres above
DARWIN — Participants in a June 7 protest against the Australian government's theft of East Timor's oil and gas resources. The protest was organised to coincide with the annual South East Asia Australia Offshore Conference.
Photo by Kathy
MELBOURNE — More than 10,000 people rallied on June 5 in a World Environment Day protest in defence of Tasmania's old-growth forests. In Brisbane, supporters of the Tasmanian forest campaign packed the Ithaca Hall at City Hall on June 4 for a
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