BRAZIL: Land reform activist murdered
Sandoval Alves de Lima, a land reform activist and one of the leaders
of a group of landless families occupying an estate in northeastern Brazil,
has been shot dead by a gunman closely linked to the
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BY SIMON BUTLER
The New Zealand government has announced that an amnesty will be granted to up to 8000 immigrants living in the country without a visa. The Australian government has responded by attacking the decision, claiming that it amounts to
BY AARON BENEDEK
SYDNEY — "Evictions are increasing, Olympic rents are going through the roof, and there is a chronic housing shortage", according to Gavin Sullivan, a Sydney Housing Action Collective (SHAC) spokesperson. But this hasn't stopped
JAKARTA — One thousand peasants from various regions of Indonesia rallied and marched here on September 24 to demand government action on human rights and economic justice.
Organised by the National Peasants Union (STN), the rally brought
Greens and front parties
Geoff Ash's letter (GLW 422), responding to my article about David Oldfield's attempts to register front parties, focuses on one small inaccuracy, but fails to address the main issues raised.
Ash correctly points out that
BY TIM STEWART & SUE BOLAND
BRISBANE — While the Transport Workers Union was restricted from officially endorsing the blockades of oil refineries here and in Melbourne for fear of legal action, the union's national president and Queensland state
BY DJ MIBRANE
Bluelight.nu (<http://www.bluelight.nu>) is the world's largest discussion board for issues surrounding the use of MDMA (the recreational drug ecstasy), with over 11,000 members, including around 1000 in Australia. In the
Zero interaction
Television, drug of the nation, breeding ignorance and feeding radiation,
sang the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy a few years ago. From its early
days in the first decades of this century, television has been a
The rat race
And it's a simply glorious day here at Homebush. The rain that dampened
times for last night's 3000 metres seems to be holding off. With hardly
a breeze in the stadium we're looking for some fine competition here today.
BY SUSAN PRICE
Unionists Against Corporate Tyranny has launched a new web site which, according to site editor Melanie Sjoberg, will help broaden the campaign against corporate-led globalisation.
"The site has only been up for a week", said
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