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Fidel Castro 鈥 Looks at Castro's early life as the son of a wealthy landowner, a Jesuit student, and as a young rebel lawyer who led the Cuban people to revolution. SBS, Friday. November 28, 1.30pm. Lionel Rose 鈥 In 1968, a young Aboriginal

Three proud athletes in Mexico

A race to remember: The Peter Norman story
By Damian Johnstone and Matt Norman
JoJo Publishing, 2008
320 pages, $34.95 (pb)

Agrofuels: are we winning?

With mounting evidence of environmental damage and grave social consequences, making fuel from plants no longer seems such a good idea. But is the widespread criticism of agrofuels forcing policy changes?

Venezuela: Socialist campaign gathers momentum as vote nears

At a mass rally of PSUV activists in the Poliedro Stadium on November 18, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for 鈥淥peration Round Up鈥 to gather the maximum number of votes for candidates of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in the November 23 elections for state governors and municipal mayors.

Redesigning child care: their public sector and ours

In periods of capitalist economic implosion, increased public spending and an enlarged role for the public sector becomes unavoidable, even for the most one-eyed of free marketeers.

Can Africa survive Obama's advisors?

One of US president-elect Barack Obama鈥檚 leading advisers has done more damage to Africa, its economies and its people than anyone I can think of in world history, including even Cecil John Rhodes.

Climate change movement: Involve, educate, empower

Leigh Hughes, an activist in the socialist youth organisation Resistance and the Socialist Alliance, as well a member of the Australian Student Environment Network, recently won the ACT Conservation Council鈥檚 鈥淟eading Light鈥 award for the most outstanding environmental effort of an individual under the age of 30. He spoke to 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Simon Butler.

The US role in Somalia's misery

Outgoing US President George Bush has often stated that history will be the rightful judge of his legacy. Some academics, such as John Lewis Gaddis and Fareed Zakaria, have already begun early revisions to the Bush years.

Write On: Letters to the editor

National liberation movements In an otherwise excellent and very informative article on the fragmentation of the African National Congress in South Africa, Dale T. McKinley (GLW #775) writes: "As has been the case with all national liberation

Burma: 'Only 65 years?'

One of Burma聮s most prominent activists has been sentenced to 65 years jail, along with two other pro-democracy leaders, in connection with anti-government protests held last year.