February 2
1912: In Brisbane, 15,000 demonstrators are confronted by armed police on Black Baton Friday.
1943: The Red Army forces Germany to surrender after the siege of Stalingrad.
February 3
1912: 32,000 textile workers strike in Lawrence,
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Indonesia's Secret War in AcehBy John MartinkusRandom House340 pages, $32.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY JON LAMB
The social and political impact of the tsunami tragedy in Aceh is becoming clearer as the process of aid delivery and reconstruction slowly
Stuart Martin, Melbourne
Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members have received a minor setback in their fight for an enterprise agreement with BlueScope Steel at the Western Port facility in Hastings, Victoria. On January 17 the Australian Industrial
According to police estimates, more than 200,000 people participated in the January 26 rally to mark the beginning of the fifth World Social Forum. Finishing on January 31, the WSF brought together 150,000 activists from more than 100 countries,
James Petras
A major diplomatic and political conflict has exploded between Colombia and Venezuela, after the revelation of a Colombian government covert operation in Venezuela that involved the recruitment of Venezuelan military and security
On January 26, British Home Secretary Charles Clarke outlined planned "control orders", which would enable the government to subject those suspected of terrorism to house arrest, curfews or tagging, without needing to try them. The announcement
Chris Latham, Perth
On January 18, construction workers on a number of Perth building sites walked off the job over fears that a heavy haze that has been affecting Perth was hazardous to outdoor workers.
The stoppages caused outrage from
Rohan Pearce
The cartoon on the letters page of the January 26 Sydney Morning Herald featured an Iraqi casting his vote in the US-engineered January 30 election saying "Give me liberty or give me death", while behind him a masked suicide bomber
Lara Pullin
Within hours of the federal budget being passed on January 28, outraged students and staff occupied the University of El Salvador, vowing to lead national mass actions to overturn it. They have called for mass protests at the national
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