Riot police cracked down and fired tear gas on thousands of protesters in central Rio de Janeiro on October 17 as marches flooded the streets to reject unelected President Michel Temer’s , which critics say will spell disaster in the cash-strapped country.
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"We have become a right-wing, conservative party." — Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser on the Liberal Party.
Falling out
"I don't see much joy in sitting down there seeing someone who I have lost a lot of respect for." —
By Karen Fredericks
"We don't want to encourage pale imitations of the ABC or commercial radio broadcasters. We want to preserve the spirit of community radio ... the unfiltered voices of real people telling their own stories."
This,
By Julie Brown
PERTH— Greens (WA) Senators Dee Margetts and Christabel Chamarette declared on September 10 that, "As it stands, the federal budget is not one which anyone with a concern for social justice could support, and the government's
Judy Horacek is a cartoonist well known for her work dealing with feminism, the environment, social justice, peace and unrequited love. An exhibition of her past and recent productions will be held from September 16 to 29 as part of Melbourne's
A small win, for once
Good to see the law coming down on the side of women for once.
In a rare and gratifying case in Brisbane last week, Judge Robin in the District Court found that the activities of Right to Life campaigner Graham Preston
Since August 28, Indonesia's media have been preoccupied about a speech by Vice-President Try Sutrisno in which he talked about "internal elements who are prepared to become traitors to their people and nation".
Although ex-general Try did not
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's MIRIAM TRAMER spoke to journalist and political commentator AMOS WOLLIN in Tel Aviv about the agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
What are the responses of Israelis and
By Rodney Cheuk
PERTH — Part 2 of the McCarrey Report, outlining the Court Liberal government's agenda of privatisation and corporatisation, was released on August 30.
Written by former under-treasurer Les McCarrey, it proposes a major
Returned from a visit to Guatemala, ERIC EARLEY reports on the situation of that country's indigenous people.
The indigenous people of Guatemala and the Aborigines of Australia have many things in common. The colonial legacy in both countries is
British SWP member tours
By Graham Matthews
SYDNEY — Around 60 people gathered to hear Julie Waterson from the British Socialist Workers Party on the topic "Crisis in Britain: Socialist Solutions" at Trades Hall on September 2.
FSLN to hold extraordinary congress
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA — The Sandinista Assembly, the
highest decision-making body of the FSLN, has called
an extraordinary congress in May 1994 to chart out new
strategies for struggle and
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