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Doug Lorimer According to the September 11 Washington Post, Colonel Peter Devlin, chief of intelligence for the US Marine Corps in Iraq, sent a secret report to the Pentagon on August 16 saying that the 30,000 US marines, soldiers and sailors
SYDNEY — One hundred and twenty people attended a rally at against Australia's participation in the US-led wars on Iraq and Afghanistan on September 21 — the UN's Global Ceasefire and Non-violence Day. Held outside the Sydney Town Hall and
Briggs Bomba The cruel impact of the Zimbabwean crisis on the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans can no longer be fully described through terms such as rate of inflation, percentage unemployment, GDP, and so forth. Today one has to talk in terms of the
Peter Gellert, Mexico City A new stage in Mexican political life was opened last weekend with the National Democratic Convention, which brings together the broad array of political and social forces that have fought against alleged electoral fraud
Pablo Alfonso and Wilfredo Cancio Isla, two of the Miami Herald's most recalcitrant journalists, have been fired in the wake of a scandal involving them receiving US government payments to appear on Radio Marti and TV Marti to transmit anti-Cuba
Kim Bullimore Since June 25, when the Israeli assault on Gaza began, at least 263 Palestinians have been killed, including 51 children and 12 women. In the past three months nearly 1000 Palestinians have been injured by Israel military attacks,
Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas Walter Gaviria, president of the Latin American Parliament, spoke briefly to Green Left Weekly on September 1, during a march to greet President Hugo Chavez, who had returned from an overseas trip. The campaign
Sam Wainwright, Perth Forty workers known as the TCC 40 and their union, who were being sued by Total Corrosion Control under the Howard government's new anti-worker laws, claimed victory on September 21 when the company advised the Australian
MELBOURNE — Fifty people attended a "Noise for Darfur" rally on September 18 to call for an end to the war in Sudan. Since 2003, thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced by the fighting. The rally was organised by the
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas A feature article in the August 21 Newsweek International criticised the role of state-owned oil companies (dubbed the "Seven Sovereigns") that compete with privately owned oil multinationals in the world market.

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