Kerry Smith, Sydney
The Australian Capital Territory Network Opposing War (ACTNOW) has called a protest rally in Canberra on November 28, the day the Howard government's Anti-Terrorism Bill is expected to be passed by the Senate.
Endorsing the
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Kamala Emanuel, Hobart
"No police state" and "No to Howard's terror laws" were the mobilising slogans of a civil liberties rally held on November 12 and attended by 800 people.
Organised by the Tasmanian Council of Civil Liberties, the rally was
Barry Healy, Perth
A Perth demolition company has been fined just $40,000 in the case of an industrial accident that left a young worker permanently paralysed.
In November 2003, a director of Murphy Demolition cut a safety pin off a "quick hitch"
SYDNEY — NSW Police has had to introduce new methods to control their officers during high-speed car chases, according to the November 11 Sydney Morning Herald.
An investigation by the newspaper found that 62 people have died since 1994 as a
Doug Lorimer
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to follow the Dutch government's example and commission a study into Australia's involvement in the 1969 UN-organised "act of free choice" in West
Leslie Richmond, Adelaide
On November 17, protesters rallied against the visit to Adelaide of US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who arrived to attend the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN).
The AUSMIN talks, at
Sue Bolton
New Zealand unionists in Auckland and Wellington joined unionists in 22 other countries on November 15 to protest outside Australian embassies against the Australian government's attacks on workers.
Two Unite organisers, Simon
World
Speaking to a meeting at the Havana University on November 17, Cuban President Fidel Castro rejected allegations of Cuban involvement with Iran in the alleged manufacturing of nuclear and biological weapons. He said Cuba is not interested in
Graham Matthews
Sun Xiaodi, a former miner at the Gansu No. 72 Uranium Mine in Chinese-controlled Tibet, remains "missing" over six months after he was abducted, following an interview with an AFP journalist in Beijing on April 28. Sun had
Kim Bullimore
On November 17, an Israeli military court acquitted of all charges the captain accused of the manslaughter of 13-year-old student Iman Al-Hams. Captain R, whose identity was suppressed by the Israeli military, was also charged with
Margarita Windisch, Caracas
Marcela Maspero, national coordinator of the National Union of Workers (UNT), told national newspaper Dario Vea that the UNT has reached consensus on reactivating 700 closed enterprises across Venezuela as part of its
Doug Lorimer
A claim by US intelligence officials that they possess "strong circumstantial" evidence that Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program were dismissed on November 14 by US nuclear weapons expert David Albright.
According to the
Raj Patel, Durban
It was an ordinary mugging. The bastard had a gun, a swagger, a gang and didn't seem to want me to take his photo when he was roughing someone up. So he came up to me and told me to hand over the camera. Timid as I am, and not
The Venezuelan-owned and US-based fuel refiner and distributor Citgo will begin distributing discounted heating oil to poor US communities next week. Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's minister of energy and petroleum, made the announcement yesterday,
The word "McLibel" has been added to Macmillan's online dictionary, defined as "a British court action for libel (the illegal act of writing false statements about someone) filed by the McDonald's corporation against environmental activists". In
Rohan Pearce
"Tonight, Iraqi security and coalition forces kicked off offensive operations to eliminate the terrorist and insurgent safe haven in Fallujah and to restore control to the Iraqi government", US General George Casey told a press
Federico Fuentes
Opening a newspaper or turning on the TV, it is not hard to understand why many Venezuelans talk about the ongoing "media war" in their country. If you believed everything the media said you would think the Venezuelan president was
Margarita Windisch, Caracas
Three months after the takeover of the local metropolitan police station by the poor community of 23 Enero, in the west of Caracas, the place is as busy as a beehive. The Coordinadora Simon Bolivar (CSB), a militant
Max Lane
The Indonesian government's policy, announced last month, of giving a A$40 handout to people on an income of less than $25 per month as compensation for rises in fuel prices was only due to last for a few weeks, yet was supposed to help
Bernie Stephens, Harare
Army troops were used to retain control of streets of central Harare after demonstrators mobilised in support of a Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) day of action against poverty on November 8.
Police were taken off
On November 3, Friends of the Earth (FoE) responded to the Company Law Reform Bill, tabled in the House of Lords the previous day, by accusing the government of putting the interests of big business before those of people and the environment. FoE,
International trade union solidarity website Labourstart.org has just launched LabourStart TV. The website offers TV news and videos on union struggles across the globe. Coverage of Australia's November 15 protest actions against the federal
Culture
Founding Myths: Stories that Hide Our Patriotic PastBy Ray RaphaelThe New Press, 2005354 pages, $51 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Paul Revere must be the most important person in the history of the United States. His midnight ride from Boston in
Hard Ground: Unions in the PilbaraBy Bradon EllemPilbara Mineworkers Union, 2004Available from the CFMEU mining and energy division, Sydney79 pages, $20 (pb)
REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY
As the federal Coalition government prepares to launch the biggest
Amendment to TerrorWritten by Kevin SummersDirected by Bec RussellStarring Fabienne Parr, Nigel Johnston, Matthew Molony, Felicity Soper & Christopher ElliottLa Mama, Carlton Courthouse, MelbourneWednesday-Saturday, November 30-December 17Email
city of the long weary revolutioncity with much bread and no brickscity of dancing torsos and all night communistsof police who read and kiss on dutya place where children form conga linesin liberated palaceswhere millions chanted dancedalong the
The Secret Inquisition: Guardians of the Church — Looks at the Catholic Church's controversial positions on communism and AIDS. SBS, Friday, November 25, 2pm.
Message Stick: The Future of the Tent Embassy — Set up in 1972, what does the future
Resistance Art in Canada has dedicated its 2006 calendar to the memory of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920-1994), the pioneer Palestinian artist, novelist, poet and critic. The calendar includes 12 artworks by Palestinian artists from different corners of