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Stuart Munckton The Venezuelan regional elections held on October 31 registered another decisive victory for the Bolivarian revolution, just two-and-a half months after the radical pro-poor President Hugo Chavez won almost 60% of the vote in

In this article, which first appeared in the November 9 Sydney Morning Herald, former diplomat Tony Kevin called on Australians to oppose what is happening in Fallujah. We need to be clear on what is happening in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, about

Federico Fuentes Antonio Peredo Leigue, a key leader of the Movement to Socialism in Bolivia wrote in an article published on argenpress.info on November 3, "In just one day, Sunday October 31, four elections in as many countries across Latin

Doug Lorimer On November 8, the US military launched its long-anticipated second attempt to recapture the rebel Iraqi city of Fallujah, located 55 kilometres west of Baghdad. The assault — conducted by some 10,000 US troops and 500 Iraqi troops

Across the country, Australians have condemned the government's support for the slaughter in Fallujah. Full statements from groups and individuals are available on GLW's Fallujah web page at ...

Michael Shaik Yasser Arafat, the guerrilla-turned-statesman, granted the Nobel Peace Prize before being condemned by the Israeli and US governments as a terrorist and obstacle to peace, died of a blood disease in a Paris hospital on November 11,

Across the globe, media is debating why United States voters seem to have become more conservative. In this article abridged from the US Socialist Worker <http://www.socialistworker.org&#062;, Lance Selfa comes to different conclusions. Hardly

Kim Bullimore, Ramallah Amid chanting, gunfire, clapping and weeping, Yasser Arafat was welcomed home to his final resting place by more than 200,000 Palestinians on November 12. Tens of thousands wearing the familiar checked kaffir and carrying

Max Lane, Sydney Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) is deeply concerned at the news that 38-year-old Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir, who died in September aboard a flight to Amsterdam, was murdered, according to an

James Balowski, Jakarta The new government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces a staggering array of problems — rampant corruption, continuing human rights abuses by the military, massive unemployment, crumbling infrastructure, and a

Rohan Pearce Many have spent their time since the November 2 US presidential election bemoaning the "stupidity" of US people for "re"-electing President George Bush, instead of voting for John Kerry, the alternative pro-war candidate favoured by

Green Left Weekly offers our condolences to the Palestinian people for the loss of a fighter for freedom. A full obituary for Yasser Arafat will appear in the next Green Left Weekly.From Green Left Weekly, November 17, 2004. Visit the Green Left