Gloria La Riva, Miami
On March 10, lawyers for five Cuban citizens who have been in prison in the US since 2001 on frame-up charges of conspiracy to commit espionage presented oral arguments to a three-judge federal appeals court in Miami.
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Doug Lorimer
At least 2 million anti-war protesters rallied and marched in cities around the world on March 20 — the first anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
From Sydney to Tokyo, from Seoul to New York, from London to Dehli,
Hanan Ashrawi, Ramallah
The oppressive nature of a military occupation eventually victimises the occupier much like it does the occupied. Gradually, the stench of moral decay overwhelms, internalizing a warped system of "values" that erodes the
Karen Fredericks, Port Moresby
A violent raid by Port Moresby police on an alleged brothel on March 11 has galvanised women's groups, community and church organisations and aid workers in a new coalition to call for a public and independent
Jenny Long, Sydney
Chris Cain, the new, militant, secretary of the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia, spoke to 80 people at a public meeting in Sydney on March 18. He discussed the recent successes of the WA MUA branch in
Norm Dixon
"Every civilised nation has a stake in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction... We're determined to confront those threats at the source", US President George Bush declared in a February 11 speech.
"We will stop these
Rohan Pearce
Three days after the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid, in which 200 people died and up to 1750 were injured, Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's Popular Party (PP) government was thrown out of office. The massive defeat of the PP,
Alison Thorne
Activists in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) are mobilising to back a number of proposals to go before the union's 26-28 March National Council.
Most motions were developed by activists from around the country aligned
Alex Miller
The refusal of the Labour Party-dominated local authorities in Scotland to pay their childcare workers a living wage has caused chaos for parents across Scotland. Childcare workers ("nursery nurses" in Scotland) have been strike since
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The US ruling class is continuing to wage a battle over control of women's reproductive organs, and it's packing a good punch. Two major pieces of legislation have seriously challenged Roe vs Wade — the 1973 US Supreme Court ruling which gave women
Norman Brewer, Sydney
On the first day of an Aboriginal youth summit, held March 17-18 in Redfern, a new group, called One Voice for Inner City Aboriginal Youth, was founded.
Although the Aboriginal Dance Theatre had planned to hold the summit in
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