Roberto Jorquera, Melbourne
On October 29, a stall selling Green Left Weekly in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick was ordered to leave by police who had been called by the Barkly Square Shopping Centre management.
Barkly Square has been the
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Eva Cheng
The world was stunned when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the shores of Asian countries in December 2004. It killed 300,000 people. But "slow-motion" disasters are unfolding every day with a killing power equal to three such tsunamis every
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
At a public forum held in the north-western suburb of Glenroy on October 27, Martin Kingham, Victorian secretary of the construction workers' union (CFMEU), said that the Howard government's anti-union laws can be beaten, but
The following is an abridged message of solidarity issued by Venezuela's National Union of Workers (UNT).
The National Union of Workers of Venezuela backs the actions of the Australian workers in their struggle against the anti-union laws being
BY ANNIE FEITH
Lake Sentani, near West Papua's capital Jayapura, is home to traditional Sentani bark paintings. The bark from the Kombou tree is soaked for a few weeks, then pounded until flat and dried in the sun before being painted, using
Federico Fuentes, La Paz
After travelling 18 hours from La Paz on a number of different buses and a trek through mud and rain to cross flooded roads, I arrived in Chimore, a town of 2000 residents in Bolivia's remote Chapare jungle, located 580
Paul Benedek, Brisbane
"Secret listening devices, secret recording devices, no right to silence — this is not Nazi Germany in the '30s, this is Australia 2005 for building workers", explained Scott Wilson, an organiser for the Electrical Trades
A Workers Charter political movement was launched at an Auckland conference, attended by more than 100 activists, on October 22. A draft charter (see <http://workerscharter.org.nz>) was endorsed and will now be taken around the country for
Pip Hinman
At one of the regular Green Left Weekly Saturday stalls in Newtown, Sydney, the chats with locals and passers-by was interrupted when the local constabulary demanded to see a permit.
"What permit", the Green Left supporter asked?
Barry Sheppard, San Francisco
The October 28 indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, US Vice-President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, on charges of obstruction of justice and perjury are the latest blow to the already reeling administration of US