Andrew Hall, Buenos Aires
On September 9, at least 20,000 people marched from the congressional building to Plaza de Mayo in downtown Buenos Aires to protest against the November 4-5 visit for the Summit of the Americas by US President George
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Jamal Juma, Jerusalem
Twenty-three years ago, on September 17-19, 1982, at least 2000 Palestinians in the Beruit refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila were brutally massacred under the guidance of then Israeli defence minister Ariel Sharon. Today this
Peter Rafael, Brisbane
"The essence of the revolution is humanity — how can you oppose a process that has allowed 20,000 people to see their first sunrise; that has allowed a 70-year-old woman to write her name for the first time?", Paul Benedek,
Rice-Rumsfeld Reception Committee, Adelaide
The following call to action was issued by the Rice-Rumsfeld Reception Committee.
Come to Adelaide in November and protest against the presence of Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld, two central
Stuart Munckton
"Go and repeat that imperialism is not invincible. Go and repeat that we are in a time of offensive. Go and repeat that a new time is approaching." This was the message that Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez had for the
Cuba and psychiatry
Rachel Evans' rejection of drug therapy (Write On, GLW #640) is akin to blaming all industrial technology for ecological destruction. The most enlightened country, Cuba, uses psychiatric drugs such as the generic version of
The wake of Hurricane Katrina in the southern United States seems to have reverberated all the way to Washington as more and more US citizens question their government's response to their worst natural disaster in decades.
Internationally, the
The United Auto Workers has presented a gift of US$880,000 to members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, who are on strike in protest at the union-busting efforts of Northwest Airlines. More than 4400 workers have been striking since
One week to go, just $9000 more to raise
Peter Boyle
In just nine weeks our supporters have donated and raised $91,033! It has been an inspiring effort.
Several hundred dollars were donated last week by US supporters in response to the letter
The Korean Federation of Service Workers' Unions (KFSU) is continuing its battle against the union-busting campaign by Hotel Riviera in Daejeon City, which began in August 2004 when the hotel's owners, the Shinan Leisure Corporation, closed the