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Where to now for the IR campaign?

Sue Bolton After the tremendous success of the November 15 protests, the union movement is debating how to maintain the momentum against the federal government's Work Choices legislation. A motion was unanimously passed by the November 15 Geelong

Chilling parallels with the'war on terror'

Good Night, and Good LuckDirected and co-written by George ClooneyScreening nationally from 15 December 2005 REVIEW BY LACHLAN MALLOCH Edward R. Murrow is the hero of the best and most politically prescient film scheduled for release this

VENEZUELA: US fails to stop military deal

Stuart Munckton "In what Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has declared a victory for sovereignty, Spain proceeded with its sale of 12 aircraft and 8 patrol boats to the South American nation", reported Venezuelanalysis.com on November 28.

CUBA: Taking on the CIA

Rachel Evans & Samuel Pala Fabian Escalante joined the Cuban revolutionary movement in 1950 at the age of 15, when he became active in a socialist youth organisation. This extraordinary man was imprisoned a number of times before Cuba's 1959

Solving our greatest environmental threat

The Weathermakers: The History and Future Impact of Climate ChangeBy Tim FlanneryText Publishing, 2005332 pages, $32.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Who cares about Bufo perigelenes, the golden toad of Costa Rica? We all should, argues Australian

Task force attacks country work site

Tim Gooden, Geelong An important test case for the federal government's new industrial relations laws, which aim to destroy organised labour, has arisen involving all building unions on an isolated construction site in Victoria's west. The

Hurricane havoc: Is global warming to blame?

Norm Dixon The terrible devastation wreaked on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina in late August, which took the lives of at least 964 people, and the subsequent political crisis caused by the failure of US President George Bush's government to

VENEZUELA: Opposition walks out of elections

Rachel Evans, Merida On November 29, three of Venezuela's leading opposition parties announced they would not participate in the December 4 National Assembly elections. Late on November 30, a fourth party announced that it, too, would pull out. The

BRITAIN: Respect conference follows year of successes

Julian Coppens, London Four hundred people attended the second annual conference of the anti-war Respect coalition in London on November 19-20, including 350 delegates. The conference followed a year of unprecedented successes. The left gained

ZIMBABWE: Police attack World Aids Day march

On December 1, police crushed a World Aids Day march in Harare, arresting several of the organisers, including activists from the International Socialist Organisation and Women Aids Support Network. Hundreds of people joined the march, demanding

Calendar celebrates history of creative resistance

Melbourne's 3CR Community Radio is celebrating Australia's long history of creative resistance with a calendar featuring a collage of photographs from the lens of Australian activists. With a radical event listed for each day and photographs of

Exposing the building industry star chamber

Rachel Siewert [On November 29, Greens Senator Rachel Siewert attempted to block the adoption of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (BCII) Act (2005) regulations in the Senate. In her speech, abridged below, she related a grim