On April 18, the Movement for Socialism (MAS) brought a formal lawsuit against President Carlos Mesa, and former presidents Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and Jorge Quiroga, accusing them of violating the constitution in signing oil contracts without
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For over two decades the US has forced neoliberalism — and its accompanying poverty and despair — down Third World throats in order to make the world better for US business. To many, the spreading US economic empire, backed by the point of a gun
Ruth Ratcliffe& Daniel Gregory, Newcastle
The Save Our Rail (SOR) committee is planning to join the local May Day march this year in another demonstration of the widespread opposition to the Carr Labor government's plan to cut the Newcastle train
Students won't be silenced
Zoe Kenny
This year the federal government is moving ahead with its anti-student union legislation, euphemistically referred to as "voluntary student unionism". VSU is designed to eliminate the funding base for
Black MedeaDirected by Wesley EnochBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyUntil May 8CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, from May 12
REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE
As director, Wesley Enoch has given us such outstanding theatrical successes as The Sapphires, Radiance,
Negligible difference
"There would be little difference for businesses between a Labour and Tory government, says Richard Branson. Asked which party would be better for business, the Virgin tycoon said: 'Arguably, it doesn't matter.' He told the
Jon Lamb
A series of rallies organised by the Catholic Church in East Timor is another sign of the simmering discontent and frustration held by many East Timorese. Ostensibly rallies about religious education in schools, the demonstrations — the
Dendy Cinemas and 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly have teamed up to bring cinema audiences in Melbourne (May 6-8) and Brisbane (May 13-15) a festival of John Pilger films featuring all of the well-know radical journalist and film maker's documentaries. The
Stuart Martin
Each year thousands of workers rally and march on May Day. May Day commemorates the worldwide fight by the working class for improved working conditions.
On May 1, 1886, Chicago workers led by the American Federation of Labor struck
Bill Mason, Brisbane
Chants of "Viva Venezuela", and "Viva Chavez" accompanied a toast to the Venezuelan revolution at the Activist Centre on April 16.
The evening featured screenings of Tommy Goes Caracas, about the solidarity visit by Scottish
Frank Marrinan, Sydney
Small victories at great expense: Nazeer Mohammed Packir Mohammed was sent on Aprl 14 from Villawood detention centre to his original destination — Britain — something he set out to do a year ago, at his own expense. But
Teachers, students and trade unionists have got together to launch a declaration against the deportation of young people and children from Britain, following the success of several spontaneous student protests. In October, when 15-year-old Lorin
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