BY SUE BOLTON
Of the 213 trade unionists assassinated around the world last year, 184 were murdered in Colombia, according to the Brussels-based International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).
On June 10, the ICFTU released its Annual
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BY JORGE JORQUERA
Within 100 days of taking office on January 1 this year, Brazilian President Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva's Workers Party (PT) government had demonstrated its commitment to neoliberal economic policies beyond anything Washington
BY BEN COURTICE
MELBOURNE — The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) released in May a report on its Review of Settlement Services for Migrants and Humanitarian Entrants. The report is available on the web
BY DAVID GOSLING
CANBERRA — One-hundred-and-fifty Burmese and solidarity activists rallied outside the Burmese embassy on June 19 against the current crackdown by the military regime, and to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday.
Burma's junta has
COMMENT BY DAVID LAFFERTY
Currently, all tertiary students pay an affiliation fee, separate from the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), to their student union.
This fee varies slightly between universities. A full-time student can
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"I feel almost duped." — A US official involved in the search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, frustrated by repeatedly being sent "racing to a series of empty sites", quoted in the Los Angeles Times, June
Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and
Contemporary America: A Drama in 30 ScenesBy Stephen SewellPlaybox Theatre, MelbourneJune 4-21
REVIEW BY ANNE O'CASEY& KAREN FLETCHER
If the title of Stephen Sewell's latest play sounds like an
BY AMANDA ZIVCIC
"This building went up two years ago. It was corruption that brought it down", Algerian student Abelzak told Reuters, as he surveyed the damage of the vastly under-reported May 21 earthquake that left 2200 Algerians dead and more
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Getting a visa to stay in Australia depends on who you know and who you pay money to, rather than the veracity of your claim. That's the conclusion to be drawn from the "cash for visas" scandal currently engulfing immigration
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BY JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA — It has now been a month since martial law was declared in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh. But the "integrated operation" launched by the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to smash the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
BY MICHELLE BREAR
Young progressive activists will be converging on Sydney from July 11 to 13, to discuss, debate and listen to international campaigners at the Resistance national conference.
"Thousands of young people took part in their first
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