September 11 is a date forever associated with mass murder of civilians 鈥 and this was the case nearly three decades before the 2001 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York.
This year, September 11 marks the 40th anniversary of the US-organised military coup that overthrew the elected left-wing government of Salvador Allende and installed a brutal dictatorship headed by General Augusto Pinochet.
The day was the start of a nightmare for Chileans, as a reign of terror crushed left-wing groups, trade unions and popular organisations.
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Rapper Provocalz has dedicated a song to Australia's Liberal and Labor parties on his new album - but it won't be music to their ears.
An uprising of the rural poor (campesinos) in Colombia entered its 11th day on August 29. An estimated 250,000 people took part in strikes and highway blockades across the South American country's highlands, where most of Colombia鈥檚 population of 42 million is concentrated.
The central objective of the uprising is to guarantee minimum prices for agricultural products, and to annul Colombia鈥檚 free trade agreements (FTAs) with the United States and the European Union.
鈥↖n 1986, Israeli scientist Mordechai Vanunu took a courageous moral stand against nuclear weapons.
Vanunu exposed Israel鈥檚 secret nuclear weapons arsenal to the world after becoming disillusioned with his work as a technician at Dimona Nuclear Research Centre in Israel.
Vanunu revealed Israel had hundreds of advanced nuclear warheads 鈥 the sixth largest stockpile in the world. Under a policy of nuclear ambiguity, Israel still officially denies it has nuclear weapons, despite Vanunu鈥檚 revelations and other widespread evidence to the contrary.
From Mexican revolutionaries to Argentine street kids, Pinochet鈥檚 Chile to Mayan eco-warriors, the Eighth Sydney Latin American Film Festival shines the light on Latin America鈥檚 dark past as well as its ongoing struggle against corporate imperialism and environmental destruction.
From September 4 to 15, the festival screens 22 new-release feature films and documentaries from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, the US and Australia.
The Philippines鈥 Million People March, against the so-called pork barrel system of corruption, is the latest in a series of huge protests worldwide, which exploded with the United States鈥 Occupy Movement and the Arab Spring of 2011.
The Luneta rally was attended by at least 200,000 people (according to government estimates). However, aerial footage of the event showed attendance was almost certainly higher.
The Luneta rally was part of nationwide and global protests, involving a further 500,000 people in major cities in the Philippines and by Filipino communities worldwide.
Venezuela has agreed to sell oil to the Palestinian Authority (PA) at a 鈥渇air price鈥 as part of new energy agreements with the Middle Eastern government.
The deals, made during a meeting between Venezuelan foreign minister Elias Jaua and his PA counterpart Riyah al-Malki in Caracas on August 24, include the training of Palestinians in the handling and distribution of oil.
Jaua referred to the deal as 鈥渁n agreement of cooperation and solidarity 鈥 the sale of fuel at a fair price鈥.
In response to a chemical weapons attack by unknown perpetrators on August 21, US President Barack Obama, in a 鈥渃oalition of the willing鈥 with the governments of Britain and France, has made escalating threats for a military attack on Syria.
With the likelihood of Russia and China opposition in the UN Security Council, Obama has indicated that his coalition, calling itself the 鈥渋nternational community鈥, may strike Syria unilaterally.
Liam Flenady is the Socialist Alliance candidate for the Brisbane seat of Griffith and a member of Resistance. This is an extract from a talk he gave to a forum titled: 鈥淧eople and planet before profit: A plan for a democratic Australia.鈥
Peter Boyle is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Sydney. He gave this speech to a rally for single parents rights in Redfern on August 24.
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Together with Dianne Hiles, the Greens candidate in the same electorate who just spoke, I am campaigning against the cruel cuts to single parent entitlements by the former Julia Gillard Labor government and campaigning for a break from major party rule, from conservative major party policies and from the corrupted, old politics those parties stand for.
Stop CSG Illawarra released this statement on August 26.
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NSW Labor has adopted a policy to ban (CSG) development in the Sydney drinking water catchment. This is the first commitment from a major party to support exclusion zones to protect our water.
Stop CSG Illawarra spokesperson Jess Moore said: "This is a welcome announcement and a win for the campaign. We set out to have policies from all parties reflect a safe approach to CSG, and we congratulate NSW Labor on this decision.
The land around Gwabegar, in north-western NSW, is not known for its fertile soil. Locals call it 鈥渕ongrel鈥 or 鈥渉eartbreak鈥 country.
Fairfax Media quoted a farmer from nearby saying: 鈥淭his is scalded country. It could not support the number of animals that would be needed to make a return on investment.鈥
If the Pilliga scrub is not much good for farming, why did Barnaby Joyce, the National Party Senator now standing for the seat of New England, and his wife Natalie pay $572,000 for two blocks of land there in the space of 18 months between 2006 and 2008?
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