On February 23, Indonesian painter and activist Semsar Siahaan passed away as a result of a heart attack. Siahaan was the foremost artist of the progressive movement in Indonesia and had visited Australia more than once, including to attend the
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Roger Burbach
The February 12 murder of Dorothy Stang, a 73-year-old nun who helped peasants engage in sustainable agriculture in the Amazonian rainforest, came as oligarchic interests and the parliamentary right are on a political offensive
Ben Raue is the Greens candidate in the by-election for the federal electorate of Werriwa, called for March 19 following ALP leader Mark Latham's resignation from parliament earlier this year. A 19-year-old student of economics and social science at
As Olympic officials descended on Paris on March 10 to inspect the city's potential as a games host, a general strike shut much of the country, including subways, airports, schools, bus networks, radio stations and post offices, across 55 cities and
Brian Stephens, Harare
Having demobilised the once vibrant mass movement that had previously threatened his rule, and neutered the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling party — the Zimbabwe
Tim Anderson
Minor objections to the official US line can lend a semblance
of independent credibility to Australian commentaries, in the current
climate of global war. Such is the case with Paul McGeough's recent
caricature of Cuba
Chris Latham, Perth
Geoff Gallop's state Labor government held onto power in the February 26 Western Australian election, albeit with a reduced parliamentary majority. While there are still a number of seats undecided, the ALP's majority in the
Margaret Gleeson, Sydney
On March 12, 1000 people rallied in opposition to the Coalition government's anti-women, anti-worker agenda, to mark International Women's Day.
Women of all ages and backgrounds were united in calling for the immediate
The US rulers have constructed many false pretexts and downright lies to justify their invasions, occupations and exploitation of other nations. In the Middle East, the "liberation of women" has been a common rationale in Washington's effort to win
On March 12, the House of Lords passed new terror laws that allow for the imposition of house arrest, electronic tagging and curfews on people who have not been charged with any crime. In its first draft, which was massively defeated on March 5 by
A report commissioned by the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, released on March 9, has found that at least 105 illegal "outposts" of Israelis in Palestinian areas are established, maintained and expanded with the support of the government. Under
HOBART — Disability workers stopped work for two hours to protest in Franklin Square on March 11 at the state government's refusal to take action over the lack of resources and consequent excessive workloads for workers in the sector. Government
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