Barry Sheppard, San Francisco
Something that was completely unexpected even five weeks ago will happen this year — marches and rallies of hundreds of thousands of workers on May 1 in more than 100 cities and towns across the country.
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Katie Cherrington, Wollongong
The Wollongong Undergraduate Students Association (WUSA) is organising a one-day conference of anti-war student activists on May 19 in an attempt to build networks to protest against Australia's support for US
Peter Morris
Iraqi civilians are being killed at about twice the rate that Anzacs were killed in Gallipoli.
According to my calculations, the Anzac adventure lasted 239 days and killed about 8709 Australian soldiers, an average of approximately
On April 26, "Freedom Day", 5000 people joined a protest in Durban to mourn the "death of freedom". S'bu Zikode, leader of the shack dwellers movement Abahlali base Mjondolo, said residents from 35 informal settlements joined the demonstration to
Casual labour
I was employed as a casual loss prevention officer (LPO) for over three years. Through working very steady hours the first two years, I developed the expectation that, as I was fulfilling an apparent need, my hours should continue.
On April 29, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana to kick-start the People's Trade Treaty (TCP). Morales said on April 25 that the treaty will enable the countries to
A report released on April 20 by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Fighting for Alternatives: Case Studies of Successful Trade Union Resistance to the Policies of the World Bank and IMF, highlights how unions in Africa, Asia,
Doug Lorimer
With Republican legislators worried they will reap the result of voter discontent with US President George Bush's handling of the Iraq war in the mid-term congressional elections in early November, US officials have stepped up their PR
On April 26, federal cabinet decided to proceed "in principle" with the introduction of a new "access card" to be used when accessing government-run health or welfare services.
Despite claims to the contrary, the introduction of the card lays the
DILI — A week of tense protest action by former Falintil resistance fighters and unemployed youth resulted in a violent crackdown by East Timorese police in Dili on April 28. At least four people have been confirmed killed and media reports cite at
Indonesia's most famous and widely read author Pramoedya Ananta Toer died at his home in East Jakarta on the morning of April 30 after being in a coma for several days. Pramoedya was a political prisoner under the Suharto regime. His writings were
Pip Hinman, Sydney
NSW police charged Socialist Alliance activist Alex Bainbridge on April 26 with "Use/operate a loudspeaker/public address system" for his involvement in a February 17 protest against the state-funded memorial service for deceased
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