Michael Karadjis, Hanoi
Vietnam is facing the dilemma of a highly successful campaign to restore forest destroyed during the US war, combined with continuing deforestation resulting from break-neck economic development.
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SYDNEY - A Western Sydney Peace and Community Group public forum at Rooty Hill on October 17 explained how ordinary people will be affected by the federal government's proposed new "anti-terror" laws.
Cameron Murphy from the NSW Council of Civil
Terry Costello, Melbourne
At a Your Rights at Work forum on October 17, Community and Public Sector Union assistant national secretaries Margaret Gillespie and Stephen Jones signaled their intention not to mobilise members against the federal
Peter Perkins, Sydney
As Prime Minister John Howard forces disabled and single-parent families to work, NSW Labor Premier Morris Iemma's government is pushing many more into greater economic hardship through its market-based approach to public
MELBOURNE — On October 18, social justice activists met to plan a rally on December 10, International Human Rights Day. The meeting was initiated by the Refugee Action Collective in response to the attacks on civil liberties contained in the
Kylie Moon, Melbourne
Under new regulations expected to be introduced by the state Labor government, women wanting to terminate a pregnancy after 20 weeks' gestation will be required to undergo mandatory counselling and a mandatory "cooling-off"
Alex Miller
In September 29 by-elections, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) polled 5.3% in Glasgow Cathcart and 1.4% in Livingston. Labour Party candidates with much reduced majorities retained both seats. The turnout in Livingstone was 38.6%,
On October 19, amid accusations of bribery, Colombia's Constitutional Court gave right-wing President Alvaro Uribe the green light to seek a second term in office. Previously, it was impossible for a president to stand for re-election. Uribe is a key
Pip Hinman
What do conservative church leaders, a couple of neoliberal economics editors and Green Left Weekly have in common? Warning against the disastrous effect of the federal Coalition government's new industrial relations agenda, misnamed
Stuart Munckton
Venezuela's poverty rate is expected to drop from 47% in 2004 to 35% by the end of 2005, according to figures from Venezuela's National Institute of Statistics (INE). The figure was calculated to be at 38.5% half-way through this
Alex Miller
The dispute at airline catering firm Gate Gourmet — which sparked illegal solidarity action by British Airways ground staff, causing massive disruption at Heathrow Airport in August — has ended in a compromise.
Under the terms of
We wish to register our support for all efforts to raise concern about the extent of the new laws, notionally to combat terrorism. As activists in Aboriginal affairs, we have first-hand experience of just what these laws could do to prominent and
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