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On November 3, Friends of the Earth (FoE) responded to the Company Law Reform Bill, tabled in the House of Lords the previous day, by accusing the government of putting the interests of big business before those of people and the environment. FoE,
Leslie Richmond, Adelaide On November 17, protesters rallied against the visit to Adelaide of US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who arrived to attend the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). The AUSMIN talks, at
The Venezuelan-owned and US-based fuel refiner and distributor Citgo will begin distributing discounted heating oil to poor US communities next week. Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's minister of energy and petroleum, made the announcement yesterday,
On November 28, 1820, Frederick Engels was born in Barmen-Elberfeld (now Wuppertal, Germany). The young Karl Marx's interest in political economy was sparked by reading Engels' 1843 work Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy. Engels and Marx
Dale Mills The charges against the terrorist suspects have nothing to do with the terror legislation that was rushed through parliament on November 3. Rather, the legislation gives the police greater scope to lay charges. According to the
Sarah Stephen Addressing a Queensland state council meeting of the Liberal Party on November 12, PM John Howard said: "It is the responsibility, particularly of the leaders of the Islamic community, to ensure as best they can, with our cooperation,
John Pilger I was dropped at Paradiso, the last middle-class area before barrio La Vega, which spills into a ravine as if by the force of gravity. Storms were forecast, and people were anxious, remembering the mudslides that took 20,000 lives. "Why
Zoe Kenny Young people joined the November 15 national day of action against the industrial relations laws determined to not only lampoon PM John Howard, but also highlight that young workers will suffer under these laws. The socialist youth
The word "McLibel" has been added to Macmillan's online dictionary, defined as "a British court action for libel (the illegal act of writing false statements about someone) filed by the McDonald's corporation against environmental activists". In
Karen Fletcher, Melbourne Five cramped busloads of workers from the Ford factory at Broadmeadows were among the quarter of a million people who flooded inner-city Melbourne on November 15 to rally against the federal government's radical attack on
Resistance Art in Canada has dedicated its 2006 calendar to the memory of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920-1994), the pioneer Palestinian artist, novelist, poet and critic. The calendar includes 12 artworks by Palestinian artists from different corners of
Bernie Stephens, Harare Army troops were used to retain control of streets of central Harare after demonstrators mobilised in support of a Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) day of action against poverty on November 8. Police were taken off