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BOLIVIA: Cocaleros will not be 'eradicated'

Federico Fuentes Juan Choque, a 37-year-old cocalero (coca farmer) from the Chapare region in Bolivia was shot dead on September 28, while 19 others were injured in clashes with the military. The death came only three days after talks between

Animal farm: Some brute facts

Animal Farm: A Fairy StoryBy George OrwellNew Edition, Penguin Books, 2003120 pages, $17.95 REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER George Orwell's Animal Farm is published here in a new edition that contains a preface written by Orwell for the first edition

CHINA: More trapped in illiteracy treadmills

Eva Cheng According to an article in the China-based Social Science Forum (issue #5, 2003), exorbitant fees charged by schools have compelled a number of students to take their own lives. Zhang Yulin, deputy professor at the Nanjing Agriculture

Not therapy

She goes to the shops,this woman who hates shopping.She has dressed smartly, hiding hairy legs.She knows what she needs,and pushes past those savouring,not swallowing, the task.Fumbling with hangers,she flushes at the guard's gaze.Her feet and limbs

News briefs #4

#4 Migrant forum supports refugee rights BRISBANE — Strong support for refugee rights was the overwhelming sentiment of a forum sponsored by the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland in the Brisbane Town Hall on September 30. Election

EAST TIMOR: For a fair maritime boundary!

The following statement was issued on September 29 by the HAK Association, Haburas Foundation, Oxfam Australia, Alola Foundation, La'o Hamutuk (East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis), East Timor Community Radio Association

Loose cannons

The fully sovereign Iraqi government "Earlier Wednesday, Iraqi justice ministry officials said they would release scientist Rihab Rashid Taha on bail because she was no longer a threat to national security. 'I was told by my minister that she would

On the box

Message Stick: Dot Collard — An international actress and storyteller, Dot Collard's stage career began at age 62. Now in "retirement", Aunty Dot tells of her life before acting, a time when prejudice and struggle were everyday occurrences. ABC,

SKA-TV's activist awards return

Tony Iltis Posters have appeared around Melbourne's Trades Hall proclaiming "Be alert! Be alarmed! SKA-TV's Activist Awards are returning!" The Activist Awards are the progressive community broadcaster's satirical take on the Logies, giving awards

CMI makes a welcome return

CMIBy the Version 1.0 collectiveOctober 13-17, Performance Space, Cleveland Street, Sydney. October 19-23, The Street Theatre, Canberra. BY SARAH STEPHEN CMI is set to return! The superbly written and slickly acted play about the Senate Inquiry

Release Craig Johnston petition

The following petition, with tens of thousands of signatures, will be presented to the Bracks government at a mass rally in early November. To: The Hon. Rob Hulls MLA, Attorney General of Victoria; The Hon. Steve Bracks MLA, Premier of Victoria.

In brief

HAITI: Disease epidemic looms As the death toll from Hurricane Jeanne's attack on Haiti continues to climb well over 2000, Oxfam health experts in the country have warned of a looming disease epidemic, as hundreds of thousands of people are forced