Grant Morgan, Auckland
The Workers Charter is launching a national newspaper in mid-February. Its editor will be John Minto, one of the best-known radical leftists in the country. John was a central organiser of the huge 1981 demonstrations against
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Compass: Kevin Rudd and the God Factor — Explores what drives federal MP Kevin Rudd and the challenges he faces in elevating the role of religion within the Labor party. ABC, Sunday, February 5, 11.30am.
Mandela: The Living Legend — Tells the
Australians protested around the country last week in solidarity with the 43 West Papuan refugees who have been detained by the federal government on Christmas Island. The protesters called on the government to immediately release the asylum seekers
The Latin America-wide satellite television station Telesur is set to increase its broadcasting five-fold in 2006, reaching 10 million people worldwide, Telesur president Andres Izarra said on January 26 at the World Social Forum in Caracas. As well
Canada in Haiti: Waging war on the poor majorityBy Yves Engler and Anthony FentonFernwood Publishing, 2005120 pages, C$14.95Order from <http://rabble.ca>
REVIEW BY ROGER ANNIS
Two leading activists for the right of the Haitian people to
Sue Bolton
The Coalition government's anti-worker Work Choices legislation, rammed through federal parliament just before Christmas, is due to be enacted on March 29.
Many unionists believe that the union movement needs a national stoppage to
Jon Lamb
The recent arrival of West Papuan asylum seekers in northern Australia and the restricted release of the United Nations-commissioned report from the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation on human rights abuses in East Timor
Natalie Zirngast
When the Australian Democrats initiated a private member's bill in October 2005 to remove responsibility for the abortion drug RU486 from the federal health minister and return it to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), an
Maria Voukelatos
Five innocent Cuban men are in prison, while the terrorists they tried to stop are free.
An article on the Canadian Network on Cuba website <http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca> explained: "The five Cubans are Gerardo
Amanda Zivcic, Melbourne
On January 25 and 27, Union Solidarity organised a community picket outside the Fitzroy Postal Delivery Centre. The picket was called in solidarity with shop steward Peter Vining, who was sacked last year.
"Peter was
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