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INDONESIA: Spy agency implicated in activist's murder

James Balowski, Jakarta Although no-one has been charged with last year's murder of Indonesia's foremost human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, evidence is mounting that the prime suspect in the case, Garuda Airlines pilot Pollycarpus Budihari

POLAND: Queer movement claims victory

Karol Florek & Steph Mawson, Warsaw On June 11, 5000 protesters took part in an act of civil disobedience in support of gay and lesbian rights. The march's successful execution was a decisive victory in defence of civil rights and democracy; given

June 30 protests 'first step to oust Howard'

Jim McIlroy, Brisbane Queensland unions are well under way with plans for a mass mobilisation of members on June 30 against the Coalition government's new anti-union laws. Transport Workers Union secretary Hughie Williams told Green Left Weekly

BRITAIN: War payments denied because of race

Hundreds of British prisoners held by the Japanese during World War II were denied compensation by the British government because of their race, the June 14 British Guardian reported. A 2001 secret government document written by a senior Ministry of

UNITED STATES: Six out 10 voters want Iraq withdrawal

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 Almost 28% want all US troops to be withdrawn immediately.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

Socialist activists camp

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

Union demands IR pledge from Beazley

SYDNEY — The NSW branch of the National Union of Workers (NUW) has called on the Labor Party to commit to a reversal of PM John Howard's industrial relations agenda should it win office in 2007. In a June 15 media statement, NUW state secretary

LATIN AMERICA: Washington loses - again

Stuart Munckton Washington's increasing isolation in the Americas — its own backyard — was dramatically illustrated at the 35th general assembly of the Organization of American States, held June 5-7 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After failing

Racists to set up 'hit-list' website

PERTH — The anti-racism group Fight Dem Back! announced on June 9 that it uncovered evidence that white supremacists plan to set up a "hit list" website called Redwatch Downunder. The site will feature names, photographs, home and work addresses,

Larry Kirwan and Black 47 rock hard against the war

Green Suede ShoesBy Larry KirwanThunder's Mouth Press, 2005 BY BILL NEVINS Larry Kirwan despises US President George Bush's war policy. "Our troops have been betrayed by a bunch of grasping politicians who have cast them into this morally

BOLIVIA: The Second Gas War

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

GUAM: Protest held against water privatisation

Contending that water is a resource belonging to the people of Guam, I Nasion Chamoru organised a protest involving 30 members of indigenous rights organisations on June 13, protesting efforts to privatise the Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA). A