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  • VENEZUELA: Chavez speaks on the revolution's challenges

    Stuart Munckton In an exclusive interview with the September 10 Spanish-language daily Diario Panorama, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez spoke about the challenges facing the Bolivarian revolution — as the process of social

  • MAURITIUS: Britain exiles thousands for good

    Alison Dellit On June 16, the British government made a mockery of any claim of avowing its colonial exploitation, with a decision to reject the right of return of thousands of Mauritians forced out of their homes 30 years ago. The story goes

  • Bir Zeit president optimistic about peace

    Dr Gabriel Baramki, president of Bir Zeit University, in Sydney on a recent visit, spoke to Green Left Weekly about the prospects for peace following the signing of the Declaration of Principles on September 13. Dr

  • MEXICO: Obrador calls for civil disobedience

    Roberto Jorquera Mexicans went to the polls on July 2 to elect a new president. Officially, Felipe Calderon from the pro-business National Action Party won by 0.58%. However, it has become increasingly clear that the elections were stolen by

  • SCOTLAND: SSP stands its ground in euro election

    Alex Miller In the June 10 election for the European Parliament, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) polled 61,356 votes, which represented 5.2% of all votes cast in Scotland. Because of the expansion of the EU, Scotland elected seven members of

  • VENEZUELA: Opposition walks out of elections

    Rachel Evans, Merida On November 29, three of Venezuela's leading opposition parties announced they would not participate in the December 4 National Assembly elections. Late on November 30, a fourth party announced that it, too, would pull out. The

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Activists charged for 'intimidation'

    Dale McKinley On June 3 in the Protea Magistrate's Court in Soweto, two Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) activists from the community of Phiri — Tshepo Mkwanazi and Thabo Madisane — were convicted of "intimidation" and given R10,000 fines each,

  • EL SALVADOR: FMLN resists wave of repression

    Lara Pullin "I'm letting you know they have killed my parents ... I don't know exactly at what hour but it was early this morning ... you are my only family now, and we can't rest until justice is done." On the morning of July 1, members of the

  • PALESTINE: Closing the circle of our ghettoisation

    Jamal Juma More than a year has passed since the Israeli occupation forces declared the completion of the first section of the Apartheid Wall — running from Jenin to Qalqiliya. Rapid construction around Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron

  • UNITED STATES: Gay marriage legalised in Massachusetts

    The US Socialist Worker's Gina Sartori, Conor Morey-Barrett and Elizabeth Schulte report on the victory for gay marriage in Massachusetts. Thousands of people gathered at city halls across Massachusetts on May 17 as the state took its place in the

  • CAMBODIA: Sex workers celebrate unity

    Allen Myers, Phnom Penh Several hundred members and supporters of the Women's Network for Unity (WNU), the union of sex workers, gathered on June 28 to celebrate the organisation's sixth anniversary. The events began on the bank of the Tonle Sap

  • PACIFIC: Rising sea levels force evacuations

    On November 24, plans were put in place to evacuate the 980 people living on the six Carteret atolls, after they battled for decades with the effects of climate change. The Papua New Guinean government will move 10 families at a time to Bougainville,