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?
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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
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
Shorts on Screen: Circa — What do we do with these boat people? The question is asked by an Indigenous person in this re-creation of when white Europeans began arriving. SBS, Sunday, November 13, 12.05am.
Cutting Edge: Karl Rove, the Architect
Jon Lamb
The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) in East Timor has completed its report documenting human rights violations that took place under 24-year-long Indonesian military (TNI) occupation. The 2000-page report, which
Pam Walker
Leichhardt Council brought the matter before the Local Government Conference last month. Councils across the state voted overwhelmingly to affirm "the basic right of all citizens and organisations to freely distribute printed material on
Susan Price & Margarita Windisch, Caracas
Venezuelans celebrated across the country on October 28 to mark the official declaration that the Bolivarian republic has now become officially free of illiteracy. The day also marked the birthday of Simon
SYDNEY — On November 4, 50 people rallied outside the electorate office of federal Liberal MP Jackie Kelly in the western suburb of Penrith to protest against the Howard government's planned new IR laws.
Members of the manufacturing and
Jorge Jorquera
Over the next year, the people of Venezuela will once again go to the polls on at least two occasions — in December 2005 for parliamentary elections and December 2006 for presidential elections. If Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian
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