793

Peru: Destructive Amazonian highway near completion

The nightmarish prospect of a scarred Amazonian jungle reeking of diesel fumes from end to end, as heavy-laden trucks thunder by in round-the-clock convoys, is fast becoming a reality.

Papalote goes bush again

Papalote will be touring NSW this month. Musica Viva聮s CountryWide has offered this renowned group shows in Cobar, Brewerina, Lighting Ridge and Warren.

Ecuador: Correa says re-election 'a vote for socialism'

Ecuador鈥檚 left-wing President Rafael Correa was re-elected on April 27 in the small Andean nation.

Castro to Obama: 'Free Cuban political prisoners'

Responding to US president Barack Obama鈥檚 for Cuba to free so-called dissidents in Cuban jails, Cuban President Raul Castro said on April 16: 鈥淲hy do they not release our five heroes, young heroic men who never inflicted any harm on the United States?鈥

Nepal: 'The changes don't belong to a party, but to the poor'

I recently spent a week talking to people in Rolpa, an especially underdeveloped hilly district in Nepal鈥檚 mid-western region.

91自拍论坛 Weekly's $250,000 fighting fund: A victory against privatisation

Ironically, it was the first of May 鈥 workers鈥 day 鈥 and we were protesting against privatisation outside the NSW Labor Party offices.

Thousands protest ABCC

Thousands of workers across the country rallied on April 28, including more that 15,000 in Melbourne. The rallies protested the Rudd government聮s maintenance of the anti-union Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), which was established by the previous government of John Howard.

Investigating the torture team

Torture Team 鈥 Deception, Cruelty & the Compromise of Law. Philippe Sands. Allen Lane, Penguin. New York. 2008.

Pakistan: The latest victims of the 'the war on terror'

On April 29, Prime Minster Kevin Rudd鈥檚 government announced the deployment of 450 extra soldiers to Afghanistan, bringing the Australian contingent to 1550. This is part of an overall increase in foreign troops taking part in the US-led occupation.

Swine fever: How corporate power threatens health

The hordes of US students on spring break returned from Cancun this year with an invisible but sinister souvenir.

Write on 鈥 letters to the editor

Mine workers under surveillance BHP-Billiton Mount Arthur Coal have just recently been found to have acted unlawfully by installing GPS tracking devices into 2 fuel trucks at the Mt Arthur Coal mine near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley. When

Papalote goes bush again

Papalote will be touring NSW this month. Musica Viva聮s CountryWide has offered this renowned group shows in Cobar, Brewerina, Lighting Ridge and Warren.