Students were brutally attacked and tear-gassed by police at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby on July 27, following a series of clashes over a new grading system at the university. A number of students sustained serious injuries
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BRISBANE — "The trade union movement is facing the biggest challenge in its history" from the Coalition government's planned anti-union laws, environmentalist and former NSW Builders Labourers Federation secretary Jack Mundey said at the July 24
Duroyan Fertl, Havana
On July 26, the Cuban people celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the failed attack on Moncada Barracks, an attack led by a 26-year-old lawyer named Fidel Castro.
The 1953 attack was designed to inspire Cubans to rise up
Message Stick: 4-Wheel Dreaming — Documents a journey into the very heart of Australian Aboriginal culture. ABC, Friday, August 5, 6pm.
Hiroshima's Atom Bomb Dome — To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, this program
Peter Boyle
"Without Green Left Weekly, freedom of the press and public truth-telling in Australia would be gravely ill. This one newspaper is a beacon; in the least diverse, most restricted newspaper climate in the Western world, Green Left
War of the WorldsDirected by Steven SpielbergStarring Tom Cruise
REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY
I think Steven Spielberg's movie Empire of the Sun is one of the great films of the 1980s. So when it comes to expecting something special from Spielberg, I
Doug Lorimer
"They just keep getting stronger. Despite months of assurances that their forces were on the wane, the guerrillas and terrorists battling the American-backed enterprise here appear to be growing more violent, more resilient and more
Since the moment that US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement on July 1, pro-choice activists, feminists and Democratic Party officials have sounded the alarm.
Their concern is understandable. Long considered the
Vikki John
I am deeply saddened and in shock to find out that Francis Ona passed away suddenly on July 24 at his village in Guava, Bougainville, at the age of 52.
Although I had not met Mr. Ona in person, I was privileged from 1993-95, with other
Satchmo Blows up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold WarBy Penny M. Von EschenHarvard University Press, 2004329 pages, $60 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Louis Armstrong was one of dozens of US jazz musicians sponsored by the US State
HOBART — Twenty people held banners and placards and chanted "Medicare, not warfare!" and "Bring the troops home now!" alongside a major road on July 26. The protesters, organised by the socialist youth organisation Resistance, were expressing
On July 29, hundreds of people marched to the US embassy to protest the neoliberal policies of President Oscar Berger and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which was passed by US Congress in June. Protesters called for higher wages,
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