Defender of the poor
"Equalisation of incomes can be very unjust." — Peter Saunders, director of social policy research at the Sydney-based Centre for Independent Studies, Prime Menzies John Howard's favourite think-tank, quoted in July 9
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Stuart Munckton
A Venezuelan court ruled on July 7 that four leaders of the opposition to the left-wing government of Hugo Chavez will stand trial over charges of "conspiring against the republican form of the nation".
The four are leaders of the
Raul Bassi
Green Left Weekly 630 carried an article by Stuart Munckton titled "Kirchner's way out of crisis". Although I do not dispute his conclusions, I believe the article presented a partial view of the Argentine government led by Nestor
MELBOURNE — Around 500 student activists gathered at Monash University from July 11 to 15 for the Students of Sustainability (SOS) conference.
The conference opening was addressed by representatives of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Aboriginal
July 20
1972: The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is evicted from Parliament lawns in Canberra.
2001: Anti-G8 protester Carlo Giuliani is shot dead by Italian police.
July 22
1936: The New Theatre defies a ban on performing the anti-fascist play Till
An Iraqi humanitarian organisation has calculated that 128,000 Iraqis have been killed since the US-led invasion began in March 2003, United Press International reported on July 12. Dr Hatim al Alwani, chairperson of the Baghdad-based Iraqiyun, said
September 11: The Intelligence Failures — Claims to provide irrefutable proof that the German and US secret services could have prevented the 9/11 terror attacks. SBS, Friday, July 22, 2pm.
Message Stick: The Long Grasses — About the Indigenous
They consider themselves the leaders of the civilised world and they claimed they were going to make poverty history. But first they sat down to a feast with the Queen (who lives on $67.1 million a year of welfare) at the Gleneagles luxury resort,
Dr Waleed Kadous, co-convener of the Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network (AMCRAN), spoke at a 150-strong forum organised by the Canterbury-Bankstown peace group in Sydney on July 9, two days after the London bombings. Below is an abridged
Selena Black, Melbourne
Australia Post has taken disciplinary action against more than 185 workers and docked their pay for taking part in the June 30 mass protest against PM John Howard's industrial relations changes. The workers defied an
PERTH — Queer Collaborations is an annual conference for queer student activists, and the only regular national queer activist conference in Australia. This year's conference took place on July 3-8 at the University of Western Australia, and was
Reihana Mohideen, Manila
Around 65,000 people filled the streets of the business district in Makati on July 13, demanding that Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) step down. The protesters also rejected her constitutional successor,
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