Robyn Marshall, Caracas
There is some objective news reporting in Venezuela, although the country's media — newspapers, television and radio — is massively dominated by the powerful, right-wing corporations owned by mega-magnate Ricardo
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Rohan Pearce
In the imperialist countries such as Australia, people are conditioned to react differently to the violence of the oppressed and the oppressor. So, for example, the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid claimed some 200 lives and the
Saul Landau
Someone once asked Mahatma Gandhi what he thought of Western civilization. "It would be a good idea", he replied.
Democracy in Latin America might also prove nice if the United States would allow it to occur.
Traditionally, when
Sarah Stephen
The rise in the Greens' vote in the March 27 NSW council elections, which almost doubled the 28 council positions they held previously, has firmly established the Greens as the third force in electoral politics.
The strongest
Iggy Kim, Sydney
The March 27 NSW local government elections resulted in an increased vote for candidates whose general policy positions are to the left of the ALP, with the Greens registering significant improvements.
The Greens more than
Norm Dixon
Rupert Murdoch's hacks have been at it again — shamelessly manipulating, distorting and fabricating "news".
The Murdoch media empire's lynching of Willie Brigitte illustrates wonderfully why working people should never trust a word
Free your mind — "to those who never give up!"
Free your mind When you feel alone, When you get down, 'cause life just belongs, to those who settle down.
Free your mind When things have gone wrong, When they put you behind bars, 'cause here,
Michael Karadjis
Clashes between Albanians and Serbs, involving firearms, grenades and rocks broke out on March 17 in the northern Kosova city of Mitrovica. They were sparked by the drowning of three Albanian children.
Tensions began in Caglavica
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
The conservative wing of the union movement and the Victorian Labor Party machine are exerting massive pressure on union officials to withdraw support from Australian Manufacturing Workers Union activist Craig Johnston, in the
Patrick Bond, Johannesburg
On April 27, 1994, the racist apartheid system was smashed. One person, one-vote democracy and deracialisation of government was achieved as a result of the mass struggle conducted largely under the 72-year long
Doug Lorimer
In the last few weeks, the US occupation of Iraq has suffered a series of blows, as pressure mounts upon its allies to pull their troops out. The latest comes from European Union president Romano Prodi, a former Italian prime minister,
Rohan Pearce
Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network was originally not a terrorist organisation but as part of the ragtag group of warlords and Islamic religious fanatics trained and funded under the auspices of the CIA to fight against the left-wing,
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