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Philippines: President escalates repression

Max Lane "This is similar to when martial law was implemented more than 30 years ago", said 70-year-old Professor Francisco Nemenzo, outgoing President of the University of the Philippines and convener of the left coalition Laban ng Masa. Nemenzo

Havana

City of the long weary revolutioncity with much bread and no brickscity of dancing torsos and all night communistsof police who read and kiss on dutya place where children form conga linesin liberated palaceswhere millions chanted dancedalong the

Civil rights meeting attracts 1000

Pip Hinman, Sydney A public meeting to launch a campaign for a human rights act at the Sydney Town Hall on October 4 attracted 1000 people. Hosted by NewMatilda.com, the meeting heard from a range of people about why they supported the idea of a

Darwin students support their union

Marie Martinez, Darwin Opposition is growing to attempts to crush the Charles Darwin University Students' Union. On September 29, 150 students and staff demonstrated in defence of the CDUSU and against the recently announced slashing of almost 400

VENEZUELA: Justice for indigenous people 'for the first time'

Lara Pullin On October 12, most countries in Latin America will celebrate Dia de la Raza, or Colombus Day, which in 1492 marked the beginning of the Spanish empire's destruction of millions of years of the continent's indigenous history in just a

Correction

The article "Police drop investigation into murder of 13 Arab citizens" in GLW #644 incorrectly stated: "In the first week of the demonstrations, some 100 peaceful demonstrators and 13 Palestinians with Israeli citizenship were killed in Umm el Fahm,

A call for real change

Sarah Stephen, Sydney The Howard government's decision some months back to release families and many asylum seekers from long-term detention represented a significant win for the refugee-rights movement. But the harsh refugee policy remains, and

GERMANY: Success of Left Party - which way forward?

Winfried Wolf, Berlin The Left Party.PDS [Party of Democratic Socialism] performed best in the German federal election on September 18. Receiving 8.7% of the national vote, it has more than doubled its result from 2002, when it failed to jump the

Enron: Asking how, not necessarily why

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomWritten and directed by Alex GibneyDendy Cinemas from October 13 REVIEW BY LACHLAN MALLOCH "Burn baby, burn!" These malicious, greedy words of an Enron trader, referring to a bushfire threatening power lines

War, occupation and the fight for workers' rights

Jim McIlroy, Brisbane "No-one in Iraq supports the US invasion; no-one supports the occupation; we all want the invasion to end", Farouk Ismaal, international relations officer of the General Union of Oil Employees (Iraq), told 100 people in the

Yellowcake fever running high in NT

Jon Lamb, Darwin Record world prices for uranium and the federal government's green light for new uranium mines has spurred exploration for uranium deposits across the Northern Territory. Since March, the number of companies searching for viable

UNITED STATES: Voice of the anti-war majority takes to the streets

Elizabeth Schulte& Eric Ruder, Chicago From all 50 states and all walks of life, they poured into the US capital on September 24. On buses and trains and planes, in cars and vans, they made their way to Washington, DC, to take a stand against the