World

BUENOS AIRES — When Francis Fukuyama declared the end of history, he was prematurely announcing the triumph of capitalism. The message was that there was no longer any point in resisting and workers around the world should

Workers in Taiwan have frequently taken to the streets recently — and not only to defend their own conditions. In a clear rejection of neo-liberal propaganda which encourages national chauvinism, a section of the Taiwanese trade

Dear Green Left Weekly readers, The 200 million people of Indonesia — the millions of factory and office workers, the tens of millions of farmers and the millions upon millions of unemployed and underemployed — face an impending social and

Green Left Weekly's MARINA CARMAN travelled to South Africa in October and talked with a number of left activists about their views on the way forward for the left.

Australian domestic demand for natural gas is projected to steadily increase over the next decade, with the fields off the coast of Western Australia and the Northern Territory — especially those in the Timor Sea — being the

RAMALLAH — The ongoing uprising and the violent Israeli reaction in the West Bank and Gaza Strip took a new twist on November 28, when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced that early Israeli elections would be held only two

"This is not Vietnam", US president Bill Clinton announced during a one-day trip to the northern Colombian city of Cartagena in late August. Clinton was launching "Plan Colombia", the goal of which is to tame the country's guerrilla

Anti-capitalist protesters who succeeded in Seattle last November-December in helping block the launch of a new round of global trade negotiations under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can proudly register their

Despite a massive presence by Indonesian troops and stern warnings from Jakarta and local police, thousands of West Papuan's on December 1 peacefully celebrated the 39th anniversary of their self-declared independence from Dutch

If you were going to use the kind of language that seems to typify discussion of people from the Middle East, I suppose you might say that the Ethnic Community Council's seminar on "Responsible Media in a Multicultural Society" on

MANILA — In November alone, more than 300,000 demonstrators here have called for the resignation or sacking of President Joseph Estrada (known as Erap). The mass protests have continued to put pressure on the regime and have

School teachers demonstrate in Surabaya On November 29, 60 private school teachers from the Private School Teachers Communication Forum (FKGS) demonstrated at the Surabaya legislative council for improved legal rights and wages. FKGS leader Yudin