According to Ben Raue, the Greens candidate for the Werriwa by-election (former Labor leader Mark Latham's seat), the Macquarie Fields riots have demonstrated the failure of the major parties to address poverty in western Sydney.
"The actual car
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In an email home on September 29, Brayden described how the US multinational Halliburton took over the lucrative laundry facilities at the Baghdad airport.
Stationed here at BIAP (Baghdad International Airport) for the past year, we saw the local
Robyn Marshall, Brisbane
An International Women's Day rally and march on March 5, attended by 400 people, called for the decriminalisation of abortion.
Long-time abortion rights campaigner Katrina Barben condemned the state Labor government for
Sydney University student and Socialist Alliance activist Bronwyn Powell was among those on the Freedom Ride bus that left Sydney on February 12 to follow the route of the original 1965 Freedom Ride for Aboriginal rights. This is her diary of some of
Tamara Pearson
On February 7, Venezuela's governing party, the Movement for the Fifth Republic (MVR) established a 50% quota for women candidates for the National Assembly and district and municipal council elections. This will be applied to the
Carlos Ortega, formerly a leader of the pro-boss "trade union" CTV, was arrested in Caracas on February 28. Ortega, who was carrying false identity documents, was one of the key leaders of the 2002 shutdown of the oil industry, orchestrated by the
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Howard steals workers' compensation
Michael Rowney
The Howard Coalition government is removing workers' compensation rights of injured military personnel and other federal government employees with retrospective changes to the
On March 2, the BBC screened a documentary showing footage of asylum seekers being assaulted, sexually humiliated and racially abused at Oakington detention centre, run by Global Solutions, a Group 4 company. In November, the prison passed an
Stuart Munckton
Speaking on his television program, Hello President on February 27, Venezuela's popular pro-poor president, Hugo Chavez, explained: "I am convinced, at this stage of my life — I am now 50 years old — after six years as a
March 20 marks the second anniversary of the start of the criminal war on Iraq. Today, Iraq lies in ruins; its own people have become prisoners of war and terror. The war and occupation has brought neither freedom nor democracy. The elections have
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