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CANBERRA — Chilean solidarity activists around Australia have been holding information evenings to raise awareness of the conditions of political prisoners being held in Chile and other Latin American jails. Galvarino Sergio Apablaza Guerra, also
Alex Miller is a member of the Socialist Alliance national executive and the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly-Socialist Alliance editorial liaison board. In a recent speech to the Socialist Alliance national executive, Louise Walker argued that there are
The Abu Ghraib prison scandal, exposing the brutal treatment of Iraqi prisoners by US army personnel, was not an isolated incident: Interrogators in US prisons in Afghanistan frequently use torture to acquire confessions and have caused many
Reconstruction "Iraq's interior minister was giving awards to 75 members of the Wolf brigade anti-insurgency unit Wednesday when the lights went out, a sign of the country's inability to restore basic services more than two years after the fall of
Louise Walker is a national co-convener of the Socialist Alliance who is not a member of any of the organisations affiliated to the alliance. What do you consider to be the major gains of the Socialist Alliance so far? The Socialist Alliance has
On May 31, Ken Good, an Australian professor working at Botswana University, lost his appeal against deportation. Good has been a fierce critic of the lack of democracy in Botswana and of the government's policy of forcibly relocating Bushmen from
That Craig Johnston was released from jail on the very day that the Coalition government unveiled its new industrial relations laws warrants special attention by all those millions of Australian working people who will see their wages, job security
On May 22, the Scottish Socialist Party announced that Rosie Kane, an SSP member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow, has been invited to Cuba. Rosie will speak at an international conference, "Against terrorism, for truth and justice", to be held
Barbara Rojas & Owen Richards, Sydney Aleida Guevara, 44-year-old daughter of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, criticised the neoliberal policies of Western governments and called for anti-globalisation activists to study the revolutionary ideas of her
Viva: Santiago De Cuba — Explores a "treasure trove of music", which reflects the multiple influences that have made Cuban music famous worldwide. SBS, Saturday, June 11, 4pm. Living Black — Indigenous news and current affairs program. SBS,
Up to 20,000 people took part in Tonga's largest ever demonstration in the capital Nuku'alofa on May 26. The protest was fuelled by anger at high electricity costs while the executives of power company Shoreline, owned by the Crown Prince Tupouto'a
David Glanz is a Socialist Alliance national co-convenor and a leading member of the International Socialist Organisation, one of the founding affiliates of the alliance. What do you consider to be the major gains of the Socialist Alliance project