World

  • ZIMBABWE: MDC wins Highfield by-election

    A successful two-day general strike on March 18-19 gave the opposition Movement for Democratic Change a large boost to win the March 29-30 Highfield by-election. The by-election was called following the expulsion from the MDC of

  • UNITED STATES: War hawks set sights on Syria, Iran

    Emboldened by the US military's apparent quick defeat of the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein, the war hawks in and around the administration of US President George Bush are setting their sights on "regime change" in Syria and Iran.

  • UNITED STATES: Corporate media whitewashes US massacres

    In two separate incidents in late March, dozens of civilians in Iraq were killed by what eyewitness survivors say were US airstrikes. US officials, however, offered a range of denials and evasions about what may have caused the explosions. Despite

  • UNITED STATES: 'The war on terror is a war on us!'

    SACRAMENTO — In 1968, bombs dropped over Vietnam exploded in US cities. Poverty and inequality combined with war to set cities alight. Today, young people's shrinking possibilities for a future other than military service after

  • IRAQ: Battle to plunder oil resources begins

    “Already, the international battle for Iraq's oil resources is taking shape, as the rhetoric over who will administer post-war Iraq intensifies”, the US Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on April 8.

  • IRAQ: Pilger: 'A crime against humanity'

    LONDON, April 10 — A BBC television producer, moments before he was wounded by a US fighter aircraft that killed 18 people with “friendly fire”, spoke to his mother on a satellite phone. Holding the phone over his head so

  • CANADA: 'Border security' summit opposed

    TORONTO — The Great Lakes Security Summit, held here April 7-9, brought together Canadian provincial premiers and US state governors from the Great Lakes region for a conference on Canada-US "border security". Also present were US

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Human shields lead anti-war march

    JOHANNESBURG — On April 5, more than 12,000 people marched behind about 15 "human shields", who have recently returned from Iraq, to oppose the US-led invasion of Iraq. The protest, organised by the Anti-War Coalition (AWC), marched through the

  • CAMBODIA: Anti-war activists organise

    PHNOM PENH — The Not In Our Name movement has been holding weekly gatherings here to express opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. Two events have provided additional opportunities for opponents of the war to make themselves

  • UNITED STATES: Belafonte addresses 10,000 anti-war marchers

    OAKLAND, California — More than 10,000 people marched through downtown Oakland on April 6 to protest against the US invasion of Iraq. Many participated in contingents of people of colour, labour and students. At the end of the march, singer

  • ACEH: ceasefire near collapse

    The Ceasefire of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government, which was signed on December 9, is near collapse. This follows a series of major violations by the Indonesian military