PARIS — From November 8 to 11, the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (LCR), France's largest and most influential far left party, held its decision-making conference here. Green Left Weekly interviewed ALAIN KRIVINE, the
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"I've invested a lot of time and energy into trying to ensure that there would be a dignified and appropriate withdrawal", US Secretary of State Warren Christopher told Washington Post editors in a June luncheon. "That seems not to be
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Pakpahan defended in Jakarta Fifty members of the student group PIJAR demonstrated in front of the Indonesian High Court on November 26 to protest the court's decision to reinstate the four-year sentence originally passed on labour advocate Muchtar
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The first three meetings of the leaders of the countries of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation held in Bogor (Indonesia), Osaka (Japan) and Vancouver (Canada) all went off with hardly any protest. But after last weeks meeting in
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Anger over CIA and crack tradeA few months ago, the San Jose, California, Mercury News ran a series of articles documenting how the Nicaraguan contras pushed crack cocaine in the United States as a way to fund their war
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A glow has returned to the cheeks of the Labour Party and the left wing in Israel. All (almost) rage with righteous indignation over the collapse of the Oslo agreements. Front-line groups such as Yesh Gvul and Women in Black,
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MOSCOW — In a vote riddled with fraud, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on November 24 secured victory in a referendum aimed at allowing him to introduce a new, super-"presidential" constitution. Official figures claimed
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Following five consecutive years of the worst honeybee declines in US history, experts predict that pollinator scarcity could seriously limit crop yields in the US for such foods as pumpkins, apples, cranberries, almonds and squash. Insects must
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The World Bank is backtracking on earlier commitments to reduce pesticide use in agricultural projects, according to more than 100 environmental, consumer and development organisations from around the world. The bank recently issued a new operational
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University campuses around Aotearoa [New Zealand] have been rocked in recent months by a wave of protest at tuition fee hikes. Student anger has spilled over at continual government funding cuts and the willingness of university administrations to
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On November 8, thugs from the ruling National Front parties in Malaysia physically broke up the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor II (APCET II). Police later arrived and, instead of arresting the thugs, arrested all the conference participants.
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On November 12, the United Nations General Assembly approved for the fifth consecutive year a resolution condemning the US embargo against Cuba. The resolution was approved with 138 votes in favour, three opposed and 24 abstentions. Voting against