Federico Fuentes
With the second overthrow of a president in less than two years, Bolivia's social movements have paved the way for a new round of presidential and national assembly elections, which will be held on December 4.
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In the first strike in the tiny country's history, its 3000 public servants walked off the job on July 21, demanding the government reconsider huge disparities in public sector salaries introduced in this year's budget. The government refused a
Brett Prowse, Sana'a
Violence erupted in Yemen on July 20, as the government's structural adjustment "reforms" — implemented at the demand of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund — resulted in the long-expected removal of subsidies
At a joint press conference with British PM Tony Blair in London on July 21, Australian PM John Howard was asked by an Australian reporter working for the pro-war Murdoch press: "Yesterday an Australian bomb victim of July 7 linked the bombings to
John Miller, Washington DC
While media baron Rupert Murdoch toasted Australian PM John Howard at an exclusive business executives' dinner in the US capital on July 18, protesters outside decried his bullying of East Timor over maritime petroleum
Bronwyn Jennings, Melbourne
One hundred delegates and council members attended the Australian Education Union's Victorian state conference on July 16.
Victorian Trades Hall Council secretary Brian Boyd condemned Howard's planned industrial
James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne
A forklift driver in Footscray ran out of petrol on his way to work. When he turned up, the boss told him that he was sacked, mistakenly believing that the new industrial relations laws had already been introduced, so
PM John Howard's proposed industrial relations "reforms" include changing the way minimum wages are set to keep them low.
The government wants to replace the Australian Industrial Relation Commission's role in setting the minimum wage with a new
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I logged on to the Green Left Weekly website today for the first time. It was my husband who suggested I look at it.
I live in Adelaide but am English. I lived for 10 years in London before leaving in May 2003 to move here, as
The Age of Commodity: Water Privatisation in Southern AfricaEdited by David A. McDonald and Greg RuitersEarthscan, 2005303 pages, $55 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
One billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and two billion
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