Five-hundred AIDS activists marched through central Harare on May 19 to commemorate International AIDS Memorial Day. A street demonstration is a rare event in Zimbabwe and marchers made the most of the opportunity to call for increased access to
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GYMPIE — Two successive rallies bringing out a total of 3000 people have been held in the last fortnight in the Mary River Valley to oppose Queensland Labor Premier Peter Beattie's $150 million proposed mega-dam. Up to 1000 residents are expected
In his pamphlet Two Worlds Collide, Alan McCombes, a leading figure in the Scottish Socialist Party, paints a vivid picture of the contemporary capitalist world.
This is a world in which the combined wealth of the world's 691 billionaires amounts
Tim Stewart
Indigenous lawyer Anne Kajir from the Environmental Law Centre in Papua New Guinea is one of six recipients of the US$125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize. According to the prize's website, she won this year's award for her tireless work
Ben Courtice, Melbourne
According to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), 35 casual workers employed at Ballarat's MaxiTrans, which builds semi-trailers, have been sacked while 25 guest worker welders hired last year have been kept
Zoe Kenny
Federal treasurer Peter Costello's 2006 budget included a $500 million "cash injection" towards restoring the health of the Murray River, probably to give "green" cover to an otherwise woeful environment budget that only commits just over
Doug Lorimer
Opposition by Russia and China appears to have stalled Washington's attempt to have the UN Security Council adopt a resolution requiring that Iran, under threat of punitive action, halt its production of nuclear fuel (low-enriched
Hope: A fifty-minute documentary about Amal BasryDirected by Steve Thomas and Sue BrooksIn production
PREVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
Hope is a story of survival and determination, of the indomitable and forgiving spirit of Iraqi refugee Amal Basry, who
On May 6, the third day of the European Social Forum in Athens, more than 100,000 people demonstrated against neoliberalism and the possible war on Iran. Many different left groups from across Europe participated in the ESF, the largest contingent
Justin Tutty, Darwin
Since the Country Liberal Party's federal MP David Tollner first proposed plans to dump nuclear waste in the NT, fierce opposition has grown.
The Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005 identified three sites (none of which
Stuart Munckton
The June 1 student strike against Work Choices and "voluntary student unionism" (VSU), which was initiated by Resistance, has struck a chord with high-school and campus activists, as well as some unionists.
The list of
On May 14, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez proposed a program to provide cheap heating oil to low-income communities in Europe. This follows a successful program in the US by Venezuelan oil subsidiary Citgo, providing subsidised heating
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