Harry Huijsmans, Amsterdam
A resounding 62% of Dutch voters rejected the European Constitution in the May 31 referendum, with a turnout of 63% of those eligible to vote. This margin — even greater than the May 29 vote in France, where 55% voted
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Venezuela
I wish to address Ray Fulcher's concerns ("Write On", GLW #629) regarding my article in Socialist Worker detailing my all too brief stay in Venezuela. For the record, the article described an all too brief visit to Venezuela I made
Sarah Stephen
A Brisbane Supreme Court jury convicted 38-year-old Iraqi Khaleed Shnayf Daoed on June 8 on a charge of assisting people smuggler Abu Quassey in an attempt in October 2001 to bring asylum seekers to Australia on the boat later known
On the night of June 11, General Pervez Musharraf's military regime sent army and paramilitary units to occupy important buildings and installations of PTLC, Pakistan's 88%-state-owned telco, arresting hundreds of striking workers in the process. The
Doug Lorimer
Six out of 10 US voters want Washington to withdraw some or all of its troops from Iraq, according to a Gallup opinion poll taken on June 6-8. Almost 28% want all US troops to be withdrawn immediately.
The US currently has about
CANBERRA — The June 1 meeting of the ACT Trades and Labour Council, commonly known as Unions ACT, voted to hold a rally on June 26 (a Sunday) outside the Liberal Party national council meeting at the Hyatt Hotel to protest against the federal
BRISBANE — On June 3-5, 30 people attended the "Rage against the regime" socialist activist camp at the Maranatha camp site in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Organised by the Brisbane branch of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, the camp
BRISBANE — On June 8, Kimberley College organised a refugee-rights focussed "Sophia's Day".
Sophia's family fled Chile because her father, a trade union activist, faced repression by the authorities. Whilst waiting for their application to be
James Lehrer, La Paz
Following over three weeks of social upheaval, now known as the Second Gas War, Bolivians have thrown out their second president in less than two years.
On June 9, after weeks of blockades, marches and strikes that bought
BRISBANE — On June 7, 40 people attended an anti-war forum jointly organised by the Stop the War Collective and the Brisbane Anti-Bases group.
Speakers included Marianne Hanson, a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the
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