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  • AFGHANISTAN: Fraudulent election imposed by US

    Jenny Francis, Kabul "As a matter of fact, it doesn't bother me. If Afghans have two registration cards and if they would like to vote twice, well, welcome. This is an exercise in democracy. Let them exercise it twice." These were comments from

  • UNITED STATES: Global warming at 'tipping point'

    On March 15, Reuters reported on new findings by the Washington-based World Resources Institute that human-fuelled global warming has reached a "tipping point". The institute has released a report surveying recent scientific research, which found

  • TAIWAN: Where's the oust-Chen campaign headed?

    Eva Cheng Tainted by allegations of corruption and shady dealings of his family and key staffers, since mid-year President Chen Shui-bian has faced an escalating campaign seeking to unseat him. A week-long protest, culminating in a 300,000-strong

  • IRAQ: Fullujah's victory parade

    Doug Lorimer Ironically, the 82nd Airborne Division's brutal suppression in April last year of peaceful Iraqi protests in Fallujah, a city of 250,000 residents 45 kilometres west of Baghdad, sparked the beginning of a mass-based Iraqi armed

  • BOLIVIA: Cocaleros will not be 'eradicated'

    Federico Fuentes Juan Choque, a 37-year-old cocalero (coca farmer) from the Chapare region in Bolivia was shot dead on September 28, while 19 others were injured in clashes with the military. The death came only three days after talks between

  • Big bucks in slandering Cuba

    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

  • IRAQ: Occupation coalition begins to shrink

    Doug Lorimer Following Spain's announcement on April 19 that it would be pulling its contingent of 1300 troops out of Iraq over the following two weeks, the UN-authorised multinational force which the Spanish troops were part of has started to

  • In brief

    ARGENTINA: Occupied factory defended On September 14, a delegation of 100 workers from Zanon, a factory under workers' control, and 70 participants in the Unemployed Workers Movement, travelled to Buenos Aires as part of a campaign to defend the

  • VENEZUELA: Chavez: 'The future is yours, go and construct it'

    Coral Wynter&Jim McIlroy, Caracas Around 10,000 people rallied in the Poliedro amphitheatre on June 29 to celebrate the third anniversary of the founding of the Frente Francisco de Miranda. The FFM is the leading organisation mobilising youth in

  • SCOTLAND: SSP launches free school meals campaign

    Alex Miller In March, Scottish Socialist Party MSP Frances Curran launched a campaign aimed at securing legislation in the Scottish Parliament that would provide a daily free, nutritious school meal for all children in Scottish schools. The SSP

  • PALESTINE: Driving Israelis out of our town

    Rihab Charida, a member of the Socialist Alliance and Palestinian solidarity group Sawiyan, travelled to Palestine and Lebanon in June to help at the refugee camps. This is one of her tales from Palestine, sent to Green Left Weekly on September 2.