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Ecuador fights US infiltration

Ecuador聮s President Rafael Correa shook up the establishment in early April after forcing the resignation of defence minister Wellington Sandoval, the military Chiefs of Staff, and the countries police chief amid accusations that the military and intelligence organisations were infiltrated by, and under the control of, the CIA.

Autoliv victimises injured workers

Last month, four injured workers had their light duties suspended by Campbellfield car parts manufacturer Autoliv and were told that they should consider taking 鈥渧oluntary鈥 redundancy packages.

Capitalism versus the planet

John Bellamy Foster, author of Marx鈥檚 Ecology: Materialism and Nature and an editor of the prestigious US-based socialist journal Monthly Review (), was a featured speaker at 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 April 11-13 Climate Change 鈥 Social Change conference in Sydney. He spoke to GLW鈥檚 Renfrey Clarke.

The Patricks battle 10 years on

This April is the 10th anniversary of the mass sacking of hundreds of waterside workers around Australia by the giant Patrick Stevedores. The drama surrounding this event stirred fierce passions, generated mass protests and polarised society on a scale seldom witnessed.

Global food crisis: biofuels threaten hunger

A food crisis, caused largely by skyrocketing prices, has hit dozens of countries across the Third World, while an April 14 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) argues that increasing production of 聯agrofuels聰 (the large-scale production of biofuels, using food crops to create fuels such as ethanol) further threatens the world聮s poor with hunger.

The hidden fist that guides the market

The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, & the truth about Global Corruption
By John Perkins
Dutton Books, 2007
384 pages, $55 (hb)

Why did the 'Man of Steel' get scrapped?

聭Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard聮
By Judith Brett
Quarterly Essay, Issue 28, 2007
Black Inc. $15.95 (pb)

Nepal: Left wins big victory

The Nepalese left has stunned the world yet again. The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), a US-designated 鈥渢errorist鈥 outfit, won a landslide victory in April 9 general elections.

A great step forward in Nepal

The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) victory in the constituent assembly elections held on April 10 is a great step forward for the forces of the left in the region and internationally. The masses voted for those with no experience of elections but with full experience of fighting for basic rights.