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INDONESIA: Protests demand Freeport mine closure

Zoe Kenny On February 25, the five-day blockade by several hundred West Papuan villagers of the sole access road to Freeport's Grasberg mine was called off. The villagers achieved their modest goal of retaining the right (although formally illegal)

VENEZUELA: Chavez sacks ministers

Stuart Munckton Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez has sacked three government ministers, according to a February 21 Venezuelanalysis.com report, in response to irregularities and problems relating to food production and distribution.

VENEZUELA: Workers reject US aggression

Stuart Munckton In her February 16 budget speech to the US Senate, during which she singled out the government of Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez for attack, US Secretary of State and renowned neo-conservative Condoleezza Rice came out

CUBA: Statistics show US #1 human rights violator

Cuba's National Office of Statistics has calculated that between 1959 and the end of 2004, the US caused US$80 billion of damage to the island's population through its economic blockade. According to a foreign ministry report on the statistics, which

Gold Coast casual workers get organised

The United Casual Workers Alliance, which campaigns for the rights of casual and lower paid workers, was launched on February 13 on the Gold Coast. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Dave Riley spoke with Amelia Taylor about the campaign. I guess a large

AMWU wants a national day of action

Sue Bolton, Melbourne "The Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has decided that there should be another national day of action as soon as possible" against the new federal anti-worker laws, AMWU state secretary Dave

SUDAN: Can the northern elite allow peace to flourish?

Norm Dixon January 9 marked the first anniversary of the historic "comprehensive peace agreement" (CPA), which ended the devastating 21-year war in the south between the central government in Khartoum and the impoverished people of southern Sudan.

Young workers' conference planned

Sue Bull, Geelong A young workers' network is being set up to organise a conference here on June 17. The February 22 meeting of the Geelong Trades Hall Council (GTHC) voted to endorse and support the proposal. Conference organiser and Resistance

Sue Bull, Geelong

A young workers' network is being set up to organise a conference here on June 17. The February 22 meeting of the Geelong Trades Hall Council (GTHC) voted to endorse and support the proposal.

Our Common Cause: Beat Abbott back

Health minister Tony Abbott thinks women are having too many abortions. On February 16 he said, "Every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame". The morning after parliament removed

Health minister Tony Abbott thinks women are having too many abortions. On February 16 he said, "Every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame".