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East Timor's bloody nightmare

BaliboDirected by Robert ConnollyBased on the book by Jill JolliffeIn cinemas from August 13

Honduras: Coup struggle a battle for the Americas

The people of Honduras have now suffered more than 40 days of military rule. The generals鈥 June 28 coup ousted the country鈥檚 elected government and unleashed severe, targeted, and relentless repression.

Stock market blamed for university job losses

In the midst of enterprise bargaining, members of the National Tertiary Education Union at the University of Melbourne were shocked by a management proposal to cut at least 220 full-time positions by the end of 2009. The university claimed the sackings were due to the economic crisis.

Racism and media hysteria 鈥 'Terror' laws won't make us safer

On August 4, theatrical pre-dawn raids in Melbourne by more than 400 Victorian, NSW and federal police and ASIO agents 鈥 including paramilitary units armed with sub-machineguns 鈥 launched Australia鈥檚 latest terrorism scare.

Workers hungry for alternative to Labor

The frustration of rank-and-file building workers who marched to the ALP national conference on July 31 was obvious. They demanded Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 Labor government honour its promise to abolish the Howard government-created Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).

Real green jobs replace dirty ones

A pledge to create 50,000 new green jobs was a showpiece announcement in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 speech to the ALP national conference on July 30.

Fight for same-sex marriage rights gathers pace

The largest demonstrations for same-sex marriage in Australia鈥檚 history took place on August 1. A 3000-strong rally marched on the national ALP conference in Sydney. Four thousand took to the streets in Melbourne. Record crowds mobilised in other cities.

Climate camp targets Port Augusta power plants

In the state that claims to have the greenest energy on the Australian mainland, South Australia鈥檚 climate camp will confront two of the country鈥檚 dirtiest power stations. The Northern and Playford B plants, fuelled by cheap but low-grade brown coal, are just outside Port Augusta, a four-hour drive north of Adelaide.

Birthing kits for Afghanistan

On July 28, Castlemaine members of the Support Association for the Women of Afghanistan (SAWA) organised a birthing kit assembly day at the local hospital.

Ireland: Occupying workers violently evicted

Thirty Thomas Cook workers involved in a four-day occupation of the travel companies Graffon Street premises in Dublin were forcibly evicted by police., the August 4 Irish Times said.

Homelessness and the economic crisis

鈥淗ousing is controlled by the market system, and markets don't understand people, only money鈥, Father Terry Fitzpatrick told an August 4 Socialist Alliance forum on confronting the human cost of the economic crisis.

TAFE teachers worth every cent

NSW TAFE teachers in NSW will stop work on August 11 after the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) proposed an increase of 71 teaching hours a week, an end to the allocation of professional development and a lifting of the ceiling on hours taught in any one week.