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  • SWITZERLAND: Indigenous activists end hunger strike

    Six indigenous activists ended a hunger strike on December 3, after attempting to draw attention to US and British attempts to stall the adoption of a United Nations declaration on indigenous peoples' rights. 2004 marks the end of the UN's Decade of

  • PALESTINE: Barghouti nominates for PA job

    Kim Bullimore, West Bank Ten candidates, including jailed Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, have nominated to contest the January 9 Palestinian presidential elections. Barghouti, who had previously said he would not contest the elections in

  • INDIA: The agony of Bhopal

    Twenty years after the horrific disaster in Bhopal, probably responsible for 20,000 deaths, the victims are still fighting for compensation. This article on this act of mass murder is abridged from <http://bhopal.com&#062;, where information on

  • IRAQ: Filling up with anger

    Donna Mulhearn, Baghdad In the chilly darkness, Baghdad father of three Ali rises at 3am. He grabs a blanket and makes his way to the car. He nervously watches the fuel gauge, deep in the red, as he slowly crawls through back streets to join the

  • VENEZUELA: An unfolding revolution

    The following is based on a report by Stuart Munckton that was adopted by the national committee of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, an affiliate of the Socialist Alliance, on November 7. The Venezuelan revolution is the first revolution of

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Courts rule in favour of same-sex marriage

    South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal issued a ruling on November 30 that may enable same-sex marriage in the country within a year. A lesbian couple applied to the court to change the common-law definition of marriage from "a union between a man

  • VENEZUELA: Education for revolution

    Jo Williams Since its election in 1998, the Venezuelan government led by Hugo Chavez has implemented a range of mass social programs aimed at eradicating widespread poverty, and at reversing the systematic social exclusion of millions of

  • CANADA: Thousands protest Bush

    Jeff Shantz, Ontario Over November 30 - in Ottawa - and December 1 - in Halifax - US President George Bush made his first official visit to Canada to participate in bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Paul Martin and the ruling Liberal caucus.

  • HAITI: 10,000 protest for Aristide

    On November 26, 10,000 Haitians marched in support of deposed President Jean-Paul Aristide. Aristide was ousted in a US-backed coup in February, and a new government installed. The protesters called for the establishment of a new "government of

  • BRITAIN: Asylum-seeker attempts to set himself alight

    On November 26, an asylum seeker doused himself in petrol inside the British Home Office's immigration headquarters, in front of a long queue of asylum seekers. He said that he was going to set himself alight. Police officers guarding the centre

  • Students demand justice for Bhopal

    Alison Dellit Students from more than 60 colleges, universities, and high schools worldwide organised events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, and to demand that Dow Chemical resolve its legal and moral responsibilities for the

  • INDIA: AIPWA conference organises Indian women's fightback

    Linda Waldron, Delhi The Fourth National Conference of the All India Progressive Women's Association was held in Delhi on November 24-25. The conference opened with two minutes' silence to honour Manju Singh, an AIPWA activist from Bihar gunned