BY RICARDO ALARCON
[The following message was sent on April 5 by Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban National Assembly, to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.]
In the face of the barbaric acts unleashed in Palestine with the invasion by Israeli
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Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, First World governments have exploited the fear that was generated to justify the diversion of government funds from programs that benefit working people and the poor to the
BY SUE BOLTON
On April 3, New Zealand Alliance party leader and deputy prime minister Jim Anderton announced that he and Alliance deputy leader Sandra Lee would not stand under the Alliance banner in New Zealand's national elections, due in
No Israeli defence of its war on the Palestinians would be complete without a reference to Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat's supposed rejection of "peace" at the July 2000 Camp David summit hosted by US President Bill Clinton. The story is
BY JIM GREEN
SYDNEY — Greenpeace is legally challenging the construction license granted for the new nuclear reactor, to be built at Lucas Heights in Sydney's southern suburbs. A Federal Court hearing has been scheduled in May.
The basis of the
BY TAMARA PEARSON
A new representation of Africa is emerging — Africa, the innocent, hopeless, starving child with big eyes pleading for our help.
One of the main propagators of this image is World Vision, a Christian relief organisation. After
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Two thousand people, many of them carrying candles and Palestinian flags, marched through the city centre as part of an Asia-Pacific regional day of action for Palestine on April 19. Simultaneous protests were held in
BY ZANNY BEGG
As part of this year's May 1 protest events, protesters will blockade the Sydney offices of Australasian Correctional Management (ACM). Here are some reasons why we will be doing this.
ACM, and its US parent company Wackenhut, are
BY FEDERICO FUENTES
The simple slogan on a wall in Caracas explained it all: "Yankee, game over. You lost". Within the space of 48 hours, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was overthrown by a military coup, only to be swept back to power by an uprising of the Venezuelan people.
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