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,
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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.
According to the corporate finance group PricewaterhouseCoopers, US military expenditure will equal that of the rest of the world within 12 months. In a report released by PwC's global aerospace and defence division on April 27 — The Defence
"Your friends will never forget you",the fluttering leaflet said,"Your friends will never forget you",and then o'er the valley spread,The wide sky cowed in sorrow,and the eyes of the angels wept,For a promise made by the soldiersthat their leaders
On April 29, Iranian refugee Ardeshir Gholipour was released from the Baxter detention centre after more than five years in detention. His release came after the release of some 30 Iranian and Afghan refugees during April, most of whom had spent
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
Rufino risked his life by helping to carry wounded Australian servicemen at Bazartete on March 2, 1942. Paddy Keneally was interviewed for the Timor Sea Justice Campaign advertisements shown on national television over the Anzac weekend. He is
Susan Price
Three months before it takes control of the Senate, the federal Coalition government has launched a pre-emptive attack on university staff and the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), sending the sector into industrial turmoil.
Rodney Croome
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
In contemporary Australia, the answer to Groucho Marx's famous quip is an ever increasing number of same-sex couples. Dozens of Australian same-sex
Fred Fuentes
In the biggest march ever organised by the powerful Movement of Landless Workers (MST), around 13,000 peasants, accompanied by workers from occupied factories, indigenous peoples and others, set out from Goiania, Brazil, on May 2 to
Karen Fletcher, Melbourne
La Trobe University was pretty much closed for business by a well-supported staff and student strike on May 4. Every major entrance to the university was blocked by union picket lines, campus coffee shops reported business
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