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  • PALESTINE: Israel punishes Palestinians for Hamas vote

    Kim Bullimore On February 18, the newly elected, Hamas dominated, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) was officially sworn in, despite attempts by the Israeli military to disrupt the ceremony, which opened the way for a Palestinian government to

  • COLOMBIA: Unions under attack, but fighting back

    Meredith Aby, Minneapolis Colombia is the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade unionist. On average, right-wing paramilitary death squads or the military murder three Colombian trade unionists a week. Many more are threatened each day.

  • IRAQ: Ramadi siege creates humanitarian crisis

    Doug Lorimer The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) issued a statement on June 20 complaining that access to Ramadi, capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, "is very restricted. As a result, food and medical supplies are

  • VENEZUELA: Paper factory under workers' control

    Nick Everett In September last year, the owners of Venepal, a paper mill in Venezuela's Carabobo state, decided to cease operations and not pay their workers' wages. A year later the paper mill, now known as Invepal (Venezuelan Endogenous Paper

  • EL SALVADOR: Fear the real winner in elections

    Amid a sea of red, white, and blue flags and chants of "Homeland — yes, Communism — no", the right wing held its eerie celebration on the evening of March 21, election day in El Salvador. By an unexpectedly high margin, Tony Saca, the

  • UNITED STATES: Bipartisan warmongering is the issue

    John Pilger Most of the US's recent wars were launched by Democratic presidents. Why expect better of their current nominee John Kerry? The debate between US liberals and conservatives is a fake; Bush may be the lesser evil. On May 6, the US

  • UNITED STATES: Majority want Iraq withdrawal to begin

    According to an opinion poll conducted by Hart/McInturff on June 9-12 for the Wall Street Journal and NBC TV News, 52% of US adults think removing Iraq's Saddam Hussein from power was not worth the number of US military casualties and the financial

  • Venezuelan union supports Australian workers' struggle

    The following is an abridged message of solidarity issued by Venezuela's National Union of Workers (UNT). The National Union of Workers of Venezuela backs the actions of the Australian workers in their struggle against the anti-union laws being

  • SOUTH KOREA: Impeachment attempt provokes mass protests

    Lee Yu-kyung& Iggy Kim A move by conservative opposition parties in the Kukhoe, South Korea's single-chamber parliament, to impeach President Roh Moo-hyun are galvanising a pro-democracy backlash, leading to mass protests against the attempted

  • WESTERN SAHARA: Calls for urgent refugee aid

    On February 4, the Saharawi Red Crescent made an urgent appeal for assistance for 158,000 Saharawi refugees in the south of Algeria. Emergency food supplies will only last until March, the organisation stated, and medical supplies have already run

  • SUDAN: Western powers allow thousands to die every day

    Norm Dixon Despite their public "resolve" and "care" for the people of western Sudan, Western governments are allowing more than 2000 hungry and sick Darfuris to die every single day for want of urgently needed food, medicines and shelter. The

  • UNITED STATES: Close Guantanamo Bay!

    In response to the suicides of inmates at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, US group International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and Racism) issued the following statement. Three men who had been held at Guantanamo Bay for four years resorted to