Norm Dixon
Revelations of a covert rendezvous in Washington between top CIA officials and the head of Sudan's secret police have starkly exposed just how hollow and hypocritical are the US administration's expressions of concern for the plight of
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Doug Lorimer
On April 30, tens of thousands of Vietnamese participated in celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on the 30th anniversary of the nation's great victory in 1975 over the US and its Saigon puppet regime.
In Hanoi, Prime Minister
Timor Sea
Dave Clarke (Write On, GLW #625) correctly observes that "Australia is cheating East Timor out of its share of the oil in the Timor Sea", but then he raises the clearly rhetorical question: "Could it be that the Australian government
Hoang Thi Nghi is 77 years old and today, 30 years after the Vietnamese people's defeat of the US occupation of their country, she works among the poor and disadvantaged in Vietnam. Her life paints an extraordinary picture of the courage,
Between 500 and 700 people, most of Chinese descent, met at 10am on May 4 at the Chinese cultural center in Vancouver to march to the Japanese consulate to protest cover-ups and revisionism in Japanese textbooks. Protesters also demanded that Japan
Help! The Coalition government is hell-bent on destroying any opposition to its neo-conservative, homophobic, war-mongering, business-first agenda. They want to silence organisations that have defended workers, students and marginalised groups.
Jon Lamb
Six months after his election, the cracks are well and truly appearing in the promises and policies of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The half-hearted support of the Indonesian masses for his presidency is rapidly
On May 5, a union meeting of 300 police in PNG demanded that the Australian police serving in the country leave within 48 hours. In a statement, they explained that crime has risen since the 160 police arrived earlier this year. They also criticised
On April 28, Mark Scott-Crossley and Simon Mathebula were convicted of murder by a Phalaborwa court. On January 31 last year, under Scott-Crossley's orders, Nelson Chisale, a worker who had just filed a complaint over unfair labour practices, was
Ben Reid, Newcastle
On May 3, staff and students at the University of Newcastle learned of a management plan to slash some 450 jobs (over 20% of staff). The announcement has left staff angry that they will be responsible for paying for the
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