Dale T. McKinley, Johannesburg
The alliance is dead! Long live the alliance! That about sums up the politics of the organisational marriage between the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of
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In the wake of the sacking of 1000 warehouse workers in Sydney and Melbourne by Coles, the company has further betrayed those sacked. After suggesting that positions would be available for those workers wanting to be redeployed, it announced on July
Gilda Chacon, head of the international section (Asia-Pacific Region) of the Cuban Federation of Workers (CTC) and a member of the Cuban parliament, is touring Australia at the invitation of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
Kerry Smith
Four peace activists who broke into the United States' Pine Gap spy base near Alice Springs last year will stand trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court on October 3. The four, members of Christians Against All Terrorism, will
James Balowski, Jakarta
Less than two weeks after the House of Representatives passed the Aceh governance bill — which the government says will pave the way for greater autonomy in Indonesia's northern-most province — on June 21, the Aceh
Rachel Evans
Eighty countries still criminalise homosexuality. Beheading, torture, jai or rape await many queers fighting for their rights across the world.
In one of the worst reported cases, Iran beheaded two young gay men in July 2005. Last
Norm Barber, Adelaide
"We get people housing", a bulky, 50ish woman tells me, her Street to Home identification card hidden inside her shirt. "Where are the houses?", I ask. She laughs. "We help people in other ways", she counters. When asked she
Following a June 12 protest for women's rights in Tehran that was brutally attacked by police, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly spoke to an Iranian feminist, Roshan (not her real name), about the situation facing women in Iran and the battle for women's rights.
Graham Matthews, Sydney
On July 18, NSW police minister Carl Scully, accompanied by assistant police commissioner Graeme Morgan, held a media conference to announce the final results of strike force Enoggera — the police task force charged with
Zoe Kenny
The Didipio community in the province of Nueva Vizcaya on Luzon, the Philippines' largest island, is campaigning against a proposed gold and copper mine that could have a devastating impact on the area. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly spoke to JP
John Hallam
That the proliferation of nuclear weapons and missile technologies is a bad thing that should be strongly discouraged is beyond doubt. The probability that by malice, madness, miscalculation or malfunction, a nuclear weapon will again
Into the Buzzsaw: Leading journalists expose the myth of a free pressEdited by Kristina BorjessonPrometheus, 2004453 pages
REVIEW BY SIMON TAYLER
"I have sympathy for friends who work in the corporate media. It's a terrible burden to be setting
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