Ben Courtice, Melbourne
Two days after the October 1 terrorist bombing in Bali, 70 people protested outside the Victorian Supreme Court against the government's new terror laws, and in support of the democratic rights of terrorism suspect Jack
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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
On September 29, the First People of the Kalahari (FPK), the grassroots organisation of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, who are fighting for their right to return to their ancestral homeland, were awarded Sweden's Right Livelihood Award, known as the
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
The Save Our Sisters campaign group has been forced to withdraw from a Resource Management Planning Appeals Tribunal hearing because the law is stacked against "small fish" in favour of corporate interests, according to
Joanna Mendelssohn, Sydney
September 17 was not just the NSW Marrickville by-election, it was also the day of the Blue Moon Festival. All around the world, Goths were celebrating.
There was a delicious moment in the mid-afternoon, on King Street,
Wanda Fish
On September 27, Australian democracy surrendered to terrorism. On that day, a coalition of willing federal and state leaders agreed to anti-terrorism legislation that will enable police persecution of the Muslim community and threaten
Doug Lorimer
Despite the fact that in a report to the September 19-24 meeting of the board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA director-general Mohamed ElBaradei acknowledged that Iran had not breached its obligations
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
Stuart Munckton
While the land reform process and expropriation of idle factories led by the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez has captured the most media attention, a series of other measures are being put in place that give the
Cuban Missile Crisis Declassified — Tells the story of the 13 days in which the world stood on the brink of nuclear war, beginning on October 14, 1962. SBS, Saturday, October 15, 7.30pm.
Message Stick: Terry Janke — Stories presented from the
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