On March 14, 250 Israeli high school students signed a document declaring they would refuse compulsory military service because they "oppose the occupation over the Palestinian territories". The 17- and 18-year-olds sent the statement to Israeli
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Federico Fuentes
As the dust settles from a wave of mobilisations that paralysed a nation, Bolivia finds itself with a president increasingly unable to govern. Once again, the indigenous peoples of Bolivia have shown that real power lies in the
Barry Healy
The generation of anti-racist activists that came of age in the Redfern struggles at the end of the 1960s and early '70s have lost one of their stalwarts with the passing of Bob Bellear on March 16. Bellear was a true battler, one who
On March 14, Judge Frank O'Donell declared a mistrial in the prosecution of five peace activists, members of the Trident Plughshares, charged with criminal damage after de-arming a warplane at Shannon Airport in 2003. The Trident plane was bound for
Marce Cameron
The February 19 Good Weekend, the magazine supplement of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age, ran a cover story titled "Children of the Revolution" with a nice picture of smiling Cuban kids. "[Cuba's President] Fidel
Susan Price& Sue Bolton
Over the past couple of weeks the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has been holding delegates' meetings all over the country. The largest, in Melbourne, was attended by 700 delegates and officials. The second
On March 14, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released the reports of its 66th session, including the judgement that New Zealand's Foreshore and Seabed Act was discriminatory because it extinguished native title over the
BRISBANE — On March 12, 75 people crowded into the Terminus Hotel in South Brisbane to discuss the impact of the federal Coalition government's industrial relations agenda.
Organised by the newly formed Brisbane Labour History Association, the
Teresa Foard, Melbourne
"It is only when women have safe, affordable and accessible reproductive health care that abortion rates go down", said Dr Susie Allanson, clinical psychologist at the Melbourne Fertility Control Clinic.
Allanson was
PM John Howard spent more than $500 of public funds per week on alcohol at his two official residences, the Lodge and Kirribilli House, during the last financial year.
Howard's spending on alcohol reached $27,196 during the 12 months to July 2004.
REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY
To Truly Stand by Each Other: The Eureka Rebellion and the Continuing Struggle for DemocracyBy Hamish McPhersonBookmarks, Sydney 2004$5 (pb)
"We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend
Guatemala's president ratified the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement on March 15, hours after police killed two activists in a violent attempt to break up a protest calling for a referendum on the trade agreement. By lowering US tariffs, CAFTA
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