Stuart Munckton
The February 2 expulsion from Venezuela of the US embassy's naval attache Captain John Correa has sparked a significant increase in US aggression against the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez. In response, up to 2.5
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Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Sixty-five people attended the feature session of the Socialist Party's two-day national summer school on "The great debate — Who would best represent working class people?" at Trades Hall Bar on February 6.
Speakers for
Dale Mills
Ciaron O'Reilly, a Catholic peace activist, says he was treated in a heavy-handed way by two Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) officers when he was detained at Brisbane Airport on February 3.
O'Reilly, an Australian
HAVANA — On February 3, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation awarded Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez the Jose Marti International Award, for his contribution to Latin American and Caribbean unity and the
On February 4, the Saharawi Red Crescent made an urgent appeal for assistance for 158,000 Saharawi refugees in the south of Algeria. Emergency food supplies will only last until March, the organisation stated, and medical supplies have already run
The federal Coalition government's anti-terrorism legislation — backed by all state governments — is a serious threat to civil liberties and freedom of artistic expression.
The January 20 confiscation by Footscray police of Azlan McLennan's
Tim Doughney, Melbourne
"To not speak out against racism would be cowardly", Dean Mighell, Victorian secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, told an anti-racist public forum held at the Brunswick Town Hall on February 9. He said workers should
Graham Matthews
It's an open secret that the Howard government introduced the Orwellian-named Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) in its Work Choices package as a means to cut the minimum wage. The commission will supercede the Australian
Message Stick — Inside the lives of Indigenous Australians across the country, in their own voices. ABC, Friday, February 17, 6pm.
The End of the World as We Know it — Writer Marcel Theroux examines the issue of global warming. SBS, Friday,
Raul Bassi
On December 18 Argentine President Nestor Kirchner announced that his government would be paying in full, and up-front, its debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — US$9.8 billion. "We have decided to finish with the 50-year-old
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