MELBOURNE — Thousands of people marched on June 4 to mark World Environment Day and call on the state Labor government to protect Victoria's old-growth forests. The world's largest "tree hug" took place when a 70-metre-long banner, representing the
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GEELONG — A protest outside the local mail centre on June 9 coincided with Australia Post's first transfer of Geelong mail to Dandenong to be sorted by machine, placing local jobs at risk.
Speakers at the protest included federal Labor MP Gavin
Stuart Munckton
The second round of the Peruvian presidential election was dominated by a ceaseless campaign, backed by the corporate media and the United States, of scaremongering about a supposed plot by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Quito
Celia Hart, a distinguished Cuban academic, member of the Jose Marti Institute and Cuban Communist Party militant, addressed an international seminar organised by the Socialist Party of Ecuador over May 17 and 18.
On June 28, the national day of action against the Howard government's anti-worker Work Choices laws, supporters of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly will be at the rallies working hard to get the essential information that this anti-Howard newspaper contains into
Rachel Evans, Sydney
The NSW Labor government is set to run an operating deficit of $696 million over the coming year following the federal government's June 2 decision to pull the plug on the Snowy Hydro sale.
Premier Morris Iemma will be going
On May 3, Bolivian President Evo Morales issued the following statement in response to a declaration by Bolivia's key business federations attacking his government's policies.
Yesterday, Bolivians were able to read in the newspapers a declaration
SYDNEY — Residents of Marrickville in Sydney's inner west have formed a climate change campaign group, one of many local groups forming in Sydney suburbs, including Bondi, Maroubra and Newtown.
Sixteen people attended the Marrickville Climate
Peter Boyle
Among the cynical circles of Australian foreign policy "experts" committed to Australia playing a neo-colonial role in the Asia-Pacific region, there are some differing views on the Howard government's military intervention in the East
In recent weeks, high levels of inter-generational abuse in Indigenous communities have created a media furore with many politicians and media pundits blaming the communities themselves. Many Indigenous activists and supporters have been attempting
Stuart Munckton
In a step forward for the goal promoted by Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez of increasing the economic integration of Latin American countries, Venezuela and Bolivia have signed another round of important economic
Mental health
In the article on "Mental illness and transformation" in GLW #668, Patricia Deegan is quoted as saying: "In the Florida Self-Directed Care Project, 140 people with psychiatric disabilities were given control of the public dollars
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