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  1. Visiting unionist says Sri Lankan plantation workers face new casualisation threat

    of exploitation鈥. They work more than 10 hours a day in unsafe conditions, with no water to drink. ...

  2. United States reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela

    Venezuela's oil production and revenue. Similarly, electricity and water supply have been affected by ...

  3. Australia must recognise the Maduro government in Venezuela

    electricity and water supply have been affected by sanctions. The blockade has caused severe hardship. There ...

  4. Wealth, power and corruption in China

    water, called Tibet 5100, on China's high-speed rail network. That reportedly was landed by ... relatives of Deng Xiaoping, who paid next to nothing for the rights to bottle the water in Tibet鈥. [p. 108] ... When the bottled water company was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange it was worth $1.5 billion. ...

  5. War-torn Syria faces severe COVID-19 threat

    Turkey has been intermittently cutting off the supply of water from the Allouk water station, upon which ... about a million people in the area聽depend. The NES聽has used trucks to deliver water, but this is ...

  6. US imperialist alliance cause of trade war with China

    action, while protests over polluted air and water have led to some action (albeit insufficient) by the ...

  7. China's engine of environmental collapse

    discusses the pollution of China's air, water and soil, its waste of resources and its contribution to ... writes Smith. 鈥淚n 2016, the government reported that 80% of tested water wells across the North China ... but to drink those waters and irrigate crops with them. 鈥淚n 2013, the Ministry of Land and Resources ...

  8. Solidarity activists report on visit to Venezuela

    import spare parts for power stations聽from Germany and there is a lack of water pumps and backup ...

  9. Inside Australia鈥檚 refugee prison camp in PNG

    food, with some losing more than 10 kilograms in weight. There was no clean water, air-conditioning or ...

  10. China鈥檚 contribution to climate change

    expansion of coal use, as well as chemical pollution of land and water. The growth of pollution led to ...

  11. Sri Lanka: Torture continues, perpetrators promoted

    asphyxiated with plastic bags soaked in petrol and chili, subjected to water torture, burned with cigarettes, ...

  12. To end the deaths and abuse, refugees must be brought to Australia

    the detainees when authorities tried to move them late last year. Detainees had their water, food and ...

  13. Victorian elections discussed

    Better alternatives exist for meeting Melbourne's water needs, including household water tanks and ... storm water harvesting. But Walters said if a future government decided not to use the plant, it would ...

  14. Tamils seek aid for displaced people

    health care, food, water and sanitation facilities", and urged the Australian government to ...

  15. Sri Lanka: Tamils targetted by fresh land grabs, abductions

    confiscation of their land or the pollution of their water supply, have been fired on by the police or the ... army. Three people were killed at Welweriya in August last year during a protest over water pollution. ...

  16. Eyewitness reports on refugees in Nauru and Malaysia

    bottled water. With the virtual cessation of mining, the detention centre is now the main employer. Local ...

  17. Sri Lanka: Fresh torture under new regime

    water torture, asphyxiation in a plastic bag soaked in petrol or chilli and tied around their necks, ...

  18. Tamils reject 'terrorism' allegations

    building houses, water tanks and roads. Since 85% of the area is administered by the LTTE, much of the aid ...

  19. Why Tamils flee Sri Lanka

    island's Tamil minority, in Australian waters near Christmas Island highlights the situation of war and ... of Tamils have fled to India. However the waters between India and Sri Lanka are heavily patrolled by ... the Sri Lankan Navy, and many boats have been sunk in these waters. Hence it is not surprising that ...

  20. New Caledonian election a vote on independence

    Australia and France have been carving up the waters between Australia and New Caledonia. Australia has ...

  21. Pensioners demand a "fair go"

    public housing or to cut the cost of electricity, gas and water for pensioners. May 22, 2015 1054 Fair Go ...

  22. Sri Lankan socialist: Regime stepping up anti-people policies

    Kumarasinghe said irrigation of these agro-industries will divert water away from small farmers, including many ...