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  • SOUTH AFRICA: Staff and students strike

    DURBAN — On February 8, the third day of their strike, 2000 University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) staff marched in defiance of management's ban on mass action on campus. All four unions at the university called the action. Staff at UKZN are on

  • VENEZUELA: Chavez calls for move away from capitalism

    Doug Lorimer In the wake of his victory in the August 15-16 presidential recall referendum in which he received the backing of 59% of voters, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on the country's private business operators to work with his

  • VENEZUELA: Indigenous people march against imperialism

    Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas Several thousand indigenous people gathered in the Plaza Venezuela on June 7 for the First National March of Indigenous Peoples, organised by Conive (the National Council of Indigenous People of Venezuela).

  • NIGERIA: Ken Saro-Wiwa lives on in the struggle for justice

    Ike Okonta, Lagos It's nearly 10 years since Nigerian activist and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) were hanged on the morning of November 10, 1995. Today, Nigeria faces fresh

  • PAKISTAN: Brick-kiln workers face state oppression

    Farooq Tariq, Lahore A criminal case was registered against 60 leaders of the Pakistan Bhatta Mazdoor Union (covering brick kiln workers) on January 24 in Qasur. Their only crime was organising a rally. Police claimed the slogans raised by the

  • In brief

    Cuba severs ties with Panama On August 27, Cuban authorities announced that country had severed diplomatic ties with Panama, in reaction to outgoing Panamanian [resident Mireya Moscoso's pardon to four Cuban terrorists. The four had been convicted

  • CHILE: Students continue to pressure Bachelet

    Roberto Jorquera As of June 7, Chilean high-school students continued to strike and occupy schools throughout the nation, demanding the repeal of the Organic Constitutional and Teaching Law (introduced under the Pincohet regime) and improvements in

  • VIETNAM: An uphill reforestation battle

    Michael Karadjis, Hanoi Vietnam is facing the dilemma of a highly successful campaign to restore forest destroyed during the US war, combined with continuing deforestation resulting from break-neck economic development. Green Left Weekly asked

  • WESTERN SAHARA: Political prisoners launch hunger strike

    On January 31, Saharawi political prisoners launched a 48-hour hunger strike to protest their treatment in Moroccan jails. The activists issued a media release citing torture, repression, humiliation and threat of assassination by prison authorities.

  • Our Common Cause: Education should be a right, not a privilege

    For the last two weeks, there has been considerable discussion in Melbourne's Age comparing the success and role of independent and Catholic schools versus state schools. The discussion began on July 26, with the release of the "On Track" survey.

  • PALESTINE: PFLP willing to join Hamas government

    On May 28, the left-nationalist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine announced that it had informed Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh that it was willing to enter into negotiations on joining the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government. AFP

  • PALESTINE: Israel continues its war of occupation

    Kim Bullimore In the month since Israel's unilateral "disengagement" from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military has killed 24 Palestinians, including three children, arrested at least 700 Palestinians and continued to use airborne missile strikes to