David Bacon, San Francisco
Sometimes the fate of a single battle foretells the outcome of a war, long before it's over. The end of the San Francisco hotel lockout promises to be this kind of watershed moment.
On November 20, minutes before
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James Balowski, Jakarta
The new government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has barely been in office one month but has already broken a key election promises — to seek a peaceful solution to the prolonged conflict in Indonesia's
CHILE: Thousands protest APEC
Tens of thousands of Chileans turned out over three days to protest the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile. The biggest march was on November 19, organised by the Chilean Social Forum and attended by
Tommy Goes CaracasDirected and produced by Aimara RequesCo-produced by Cassandra McGowanFor upcoming screening, contact your local activist centre as listed on page 2, or visit <http://www.resistance.org.au>.
REVIEW BY STUART MUNCKTON
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
In an unprecedented move, Letty Scott has brought private criminal charges against three NT prison officers — Barry Medley, Michael Lawson and Harold Robertson — for the assault and murder of her husband Douglas Scott on
Dean Mighell
I've been attending the Eureka celebrations in Ballarat for many years. Historians and academics — and even left-wing activists, some of them in the trade union movement — often argue about the aims and motives of the miners who
Doug Lorimer
The 35-member board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began meeting in Vienna on November 25 to review Iran's compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT).
The board will consider a
Jim McIlroy
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has slammed the decision by federal welfare agency Centrelink to cut 175 jobs from its staff in Victoria. On November 23 the union described as "utter nonsense" claims by Centrelink
Eva Cheng
World crude oil prices have shot up by 70% in the last year, with little sign of them coming down substantially soon. In Australia, petrol prices seem to have settled above $1 per litre, a level hard to believe even just a year ago.
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Bill Mason, Brisbane
On November 22, more than 200 Aboriginal community members held a meeting and marched on the police station on Palm Island, off the north-Queensland coast. They were protesting the death in custody of local man Cameron
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