Jeffrey Wilson, Sydney
Political economy students at Sydney University are organising against discriminatory policies in the economic and business faculty that under-fund departments teaching primarily HECS students (who repay their university fees
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Dipankar Bhattacharya, the general-secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), has recently been charged with attempted murder for his role in leading a 2001 march against mass killings by the BJP-led government of Jharkhand state.
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
The second national congress of the National Union of Workers (UNT), the main progressive union federation in Venezuela, was suspended on May 27 after factional divisions led to a walkout by groups representing a
Zoe Kenny
In the face of mounting public pressure, PM John Howard announced on June 2 that the federal government would not sell its 13% share in the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme. Shortly after Howard's announcement, the NSW and Victorian
Fred Fuentes
Chanting "Too young to vote, so hear us yell! Work Choices go to hell!", more than 500 young people, most of them high-school students, marched in Sydney on June 1 to protest against the Howard government's attacks on young workers
Rachel Evans, Sydney
Sydney's Daily Telegraph fed readers a bucket-load of prejudicial rubbish on May 29. In a front-page article titled "Nursery revolt", we were told: "Parents, family groups and the Federal Government are demanding a Sydney
Melissa Hughes & Pip Hinman
On the May 15 edition of ABC TV's Lateline, Northern Territory Crown Prosecutor Nanette Rogers went public with reports of violence and abuse of children in NT communities. She cited cases that were "beyond most people's
David Spratt
"The peace movement" is one of those odd phrases: it means everything to everybody, and often nothing in particular.
While opposition to war, militarism and the global arms race are common threads, practically speaking "peace"
On May 19, former University of the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo, now chairperson of the left coalition Laban ng Masa (Struggle of the masses), denounced the murder of Movement for National Democracy (KDP) leader Analiza Gandia in Balanga,
Sue Bolton
Dick Williams, the Queensland state secretary of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), believes the Howard government "is waging a class war", and that unionists are prepared to fight as long as union leaderships are prepared to lead.
Sue Bull, Melbourne
Anonymous late-night phone calls, threats of jail for non-appearance at interviews or for withholding information, allegations of illegal conduct at events up to two years previously and closed courts — such police-state
Josue Wilson, Merida
Venezuelanalysis.com reported on May 30 that "Classes at the University of the Andes [ULA] were suspended again yesterday, as disturbances and protests continued in Merida for the fourth straight business day". The violent
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