Tensions and uncertainties continue to rise as what some are calling a bout of 聯referendumitis聰 sweeps through Bolivia.
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Following a week of protest action, Mick Pattel, organiser of the lobby group National Road Transport Shutdown Forum, confirmed a planned national transport shutdown from July 28.
The British Labour Party and beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown were dealt a new, savage blow in the Glasgow East by-election, which Labour lost to the Scottish National Party (SNP), according to a July 25 British Independent article.
The NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) and the Greens have condemned a move by the state government to cut access to education programs at the Long Bay Forensic Hospital when it relocates.
Why do we put so much faith in the market to solve environmental problems? Why do we assume that increasing the cost of fossil fuel emissions will reduce their use rather than just increase everyone鈥檚 cost of living?
Rights Action calls for protests against Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) policies that fund agrofuel monoculture.
Aboriginal leaders from Arnhem Land met with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on July 23 and called for the restoration of the Racial Discrimination Act. The act was suspended in June 2007 to allow for the passing of the bi-partisan Northern Territory (NT) intervention legislation.
SYDNEY<197> On July 24, Australian federal police raided the Lakemba office of Muslim Aid Australia. The charity is accused of being linked to Interpal, a Palestinian aid organisation based in Britain.
Labor won the November, 2007 federal election on the promise to 鈥渢ear-up鈥 Work Choices, abolish the hated Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs 鈥 individual contracts) and overhaul the entire industrial relations system. Of course, all of this was promised to contain ample consultation and be in the spirit of balance.
The following article by the International Socialist Organisation of Zimbabwe first appeared in the July issue of Socialist Worker, newspaper of the ISOZ. Visit .
The NSW combined rail unions negotiating and campaign committees met on July 23 to discuss RailCorp聮s latest offer for a new enterprise agreement.
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) on July 10 agreed to a payout of 拢2.83 million to ten Iraqi victims tortured in custody by British soldiers in Basra in 2003.
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