Elizabeth Schulte, Chicago
More than 1 million women have died around the world in the last decade because wealthy nations didn't keep their promises.
Ten years ago, at the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development in
590
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
On July 26, the Northern Territory Supreme Court will hear a case against Margot Laughton, who has been charged under the NT's repressive "drug house" laws.
Under the laws, introduced by the NT's Labor government in 2002, a
Susan Price
According to Business Review Weekly, it's never a bad year to be rich. In fact, 2004 was a great year for the rich in Australia — they got even richer! Not only that, but the growth in wealth of Australia's top 200 richest Australians
Lynda Hansen, Brisbane
On July 15, 150 members and supporters of the Queensland AIDS Council (QuAC) rallied outside Parliament House to protest massive government funding cuts to the organisation, announced a week earlier.
After 20 years of a
Following public criticism from leading figures in US President George Bush's administration of his promise to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq "by Christmas", on July 12, federal ALP leader Mark Latham made a partial accommodation. He announced
Vannessa Hearman, Melbourne
A meeting of 500 people packed the Coburg Town Hall on July 11 to discuss the plight of David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib, two Australians detained in the US base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The meeting was organised by the
GEELONG — On July 16, the Socialist Alliance launched its campaign to contest both Geelong lower-house seats in the federal election. Candidates Tim Goodenand Chris Johnson discussed the alliance's commitment to defend workers' rights and the
Josephine Cox is a 28-year-old post-graduate student in history at La Trobe University, who has been involved in refugee and anti-war campaigns. In 2001 she contested the Aston by-election.
Cox's two major concerns are the Free Trade Agreement with
Kevin Shay, Washington
I recently saw Michael Moore's film, Fahrenheit 9/11, which even reviewers for conservative media outlets like Fox News have praised. I knew I would like the documentary, based on reviews I read. But still, I can't remember
Sarah Stephen
The US administration suffered a significant defeat on June 28 when the US Supreme Court ruled that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had the right to challenge their detention in the US courts.
The Australian government was
PERU: 300,000 strike
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Peru on July 14 in protest against President Alejandro Toledo's neoliberal economic policies. The 24-hour strike was called by Peru's biggest trade union federation to demand
Raul Bassi, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Blaxland in Sydney's west, warns federal Labor leader Mark Latham not to retreat on his promise to bring the troops home from Iraq.
Pressure from Washington has pushed the ALP to swear
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