Stuart Munckton
Workers from factories that have been expropriated by the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez, as well as factories currently occupied by workers, have established the Revolutionary Front of Companies Occupied or Under
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Stuart Munckton
At the same time as the US government continues to escalate its hostile rhetoric towards the left-wing government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, March 8 marked the beginning of a week of solidarity with the US people. The
SYDNEY — On March 7, a Students Against War group was established at the University of NSW. The group made plans for building the March 18 rally and march against the occupation of Iraq, and holding an anti-racism forum on campus. Any student or
Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, TerrorBy Tariq AliVerso, 2005104 pagesOrder at <http://www.versobooks.com/>
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
On July 7, 2005, four young British Muslims blew themselves up on the London transport system,
Dale Mills
A complaint by prisoners' pressure group Sisters Inside led to a 20-month inquiry that found that in a four-year period, 41,728 strip searches were performed on women in Queensland's prisons. Only two searches found "significant
Peter Boyle
Delmae Barton, 62, an Aboriginal elder-in-residence at Brisbane's Griffith University, was on her way to work when she suffered a suspected stroke or diabetes attack next to a bus stop. For five and a half hours she was left lying in a
Walter Yoia, Buenos Aires
The longest roadblock in Argentina's history reached a month on March 4, as residents and environmentalists protest neighbouring Uruguay's push to allow construction to continue at the Fray Bentos paper mill. What began as
Alex Miller
In the same week that British military fatalities in Iraq reached 103, British Prime Minister Tony Blair — who will be visiting Australia in late March — stunned viewers during a TV chat show interview by claiming that God would be
On March 8, demonstrations to mark International Women's Day took place across the globe, many focusing on opposition to war and occupation. Palestinians and Israelis joined together at the Ar Ram checkpoint near Jerusalem and marched along the
Pip Hinman, Sydney
In a powerful presentation that included a short "war correspondent" tour of Bosnia, Palestine and south Lebanon, Robert Fisk reminded a packed forum at Sydney's Seymour Centre on March 6 that the US-led invasion and occupation
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