The test broadcast phase for the new Latin America-wide satellite television channel Telesur ended on October 31 with the launch of a continuous live signal from its studios in Caracas.
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On November 4, riots continued for the ninth consecutive night as young people, many with African and Arab backgrounds, set fire to cars and buildings in Paris's poor, migrant-populated suburbs. The riots were sparked on October 27 when two teenagers of African origin were accidentally electrocuted as they fled police.
You don't mean, do you Minister, that under these proposed IR
changes that an unemployed person will need to accept any job
regardless of the conditions offered?
— Well, yes. He has no choice. If he doesn't take the job no matter what the
Eva Cheng
The world was stunned when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the shores of Asian countries in December 2004. It killed 300,000 people. But "slow-motion" disasters are unfolding every day with a killing power equal to three such tsunamis every
Ron Perkins
On October 26, Ka Ric Ramos, president of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union (CATLU), became the latest victim in the year-long strike of sugar mill and agricultural workers at the Hacienda Luisita in central Luzon. Shot dead
Steph Mawson& Karol Florek, Tupiza
Beginning on October 17, the Bolivian towns of Villazon, Tupiza and Cotagaita went on strike to pressure the government to complete a "highway" asphalting project. The planned "highway" runs between these towns
Virginia Brown, Perth
Refugee-rights and other progressive activists suffered a blow last week with the passing of Siobhan Allen, a longtime socialist whose passion for bringing about fundamental social change was well-known and a source of
Sue Bull, Geelong
Twenty trade unionists and their supporters held a protest on November 4 outside the Aldi Supermarket in Belmont, a residential suburb three kilometres south-east of Geelong, to highlight that Aldi compels all its employees on to
Nico Leka, Newcastle
Jamie Storer, Rod Baker and Adam Burgoyne are Boeing F/A-18 Hornet maintenance specialists. Together with 24 colleagues, they have been on strike for more than 150 days at the Williamtown airbase for simply demanding to be
Paul Benedek, Brisbane
"Secret listening devices, secret recording devices, no right to silence — this is not Nazi Germany in the '30s, this is Australia 2005 for building workers", explained Scott Wilson, an organiser for the Electrical Trades
Death-row prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams faces execution in California on December 13. Having grown up in the face of poverty and racism in Los Angeles, African American Williams co-founded the Crips in 1971, which soon became the city's most
New BougainvilleBy CliveAvailable as VHS for $28 (including postage)Email <clive@mekamui.org>
New Bougainville is about Bougainville gaining a new autonomous government, a joyous moment for Bougainvilleans after ten years of blood and
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