James Vassilopoulos
The social democratic Pan Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) was booted out of office in the March 7 general election. The conservative New Democracy (ND) gained government and the new Coalition of the Radical Left (SYN) won 6
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Ben Reid, Newcastle
A wave of disgust and some resignations from the National Tertiary Education Union have swept academic staff at the Newcastle University as a result of NTEU branch president Wayne Reynolds' support for increased HECS fees for
Chris Slee, Melbourne
Speaking to at least 500 people at a public meeting at Melbourne University on March 11, British freelance journalist Yvonne Ridley detailed the lies and manipulation of the media by the US and British governments during the
Nick Fredman, Bangkok
Marching behind a banner reading "Thailand is not a company Thaksin", tens of thousands of Thai workers protested in the Thai capital on March 9 against the plans of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinauatra's government to privatise
SYDNEY — On March 8, a police officer approached a bookstall at the University of NSW, staffed by members of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, and told them that unless they stopped handing out leaflets, the students could "disappear
Kerryn Williams
More than 1000 people joined rallies and marches on March 13 to mark International Women's Day. These followed rallies in a range of cities a week earlier.
Kathleen Scott reports that in Sydney, 500 people marched to Hyde Park,
Phil Gasper, Chicago
Paul Sweezy, the grand old man of American Marxism, died at his home in Larchmont, New York, on February 28, just short of his 94th birthday. Sweezy founded the independent socialist magazine Monthly Review in 1949 and remained
James Balowski, Jakarta
One thousand people from the Indonesian capital and the satellite cities of Bogor, Bekasi and Tangerang commemorated International Women's Day (IWD) with a march from the Hotel Indonesia roundabout to the offices of the
Unemployment benefits, that is
"Capitalism generates fantastic wealth, and the benefits accrue almost entirely to the least of these among us." — Art Carden, in a March 8 article "Why they hate the market", written for the web site of the
Rohan Pearce
For many people watching US President George Bush's March 19, 2003, declaration that US had begun its invasion of Iraq there would have been a sense of disbelief. Just one month before, half-a-million people had filled the Sydney CBD
Simon Jones, Newcastle
In a memorable scene from Robert Connelly's 2002 film The Bank, CEO Simon O'Reilly (played by Anthony LaPaglia) is shown trying to convince his board of directors why Centabank should use an impending financial collapse to
G. Buster
Paying homage to its resistance to fascism, the poet Rafael Alberti once called Madrid "the capital of glory". On March 11, Madrid again became a martyr city. A cruel terrorist attack has left 198 dead and some 1500 wounded. Most of the
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