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  1. Break the chains of eternal debt

    relief, debts were simply "restructured": new, shorter-term and more expensive loans were piled ... billion in the four years to 1989. Fake 'relief' The First World has done pathetically little to ... ease the burden on the poor debtor countries. The much-trumpeted debt relief program for 41 highly ...

  2. In brief

    a 'model' of disaster relief As Hurricane Ivan wreaked havoc throughout America, the director of the UN ... secretariat on international disaster relief said that Cuba offered a role model in hurrican preparedness, ...

  3. Deliverance: Voluntary Assisted Dying becomes law in NSW

    relief and exhaustion鈥 as the NSW VAD Bill聽 passed the NSW Upper House after a marathon 10-hour debate. ...

  4. Greens campaign manager: Brisbane Greenslide demonstrates power of combining social and electoral organising

    possible. During the recent Brisbane floods, we pivoted our entire field campaign to providing flood relief ... and supporting community organisations in the flood relief work they were doing. It also involved ...

  5. US to renew Chevron鈥檚 Venezuela licence

    in March following the Ukrainian war which led to the current possibility of sanctions relief ... sanctions relief far from materialising, Venezuela began recovering oil production by ramping up cooperation ...

  6. Lismore school student criticises PM for poor flood response

    鈥榩hilanthropy鈥 or real disaster relief? ...

  7. Sri Lanka: Austerity for the masses, impunity for the robbers

    queues for fuel and gas 鈥 in some places kilometres long 鈥 sometimes with no relief. People have ... the World Bank initiated its debt relief scheme. The IMF followed suit with its program, the Heavily ... Indebted Poor Countries聽initiative. By 2001, $34 billion in debt relief was provided to 23 countries, 19 of ...

  8. International solidarity pours in as Cuba copes with major fire at oil facility

    organizations to provide disaster relief and response in Cuba鈥. Washington has continued to impose an illegal ...

  9. How a union leadership let down 40% of its members

    officials: it underscores the strong opposition to the EBA鈥檚 weak proposals on workload relief and fair ...

  10. Anti-poverty campaigner: We need to stop 'harmful' new employment system

    while passing a 鈥減altry鈥 minimum wage rise and some mortgage relief.聽 The government has refused to ...

  11. Ukrainian workers鈥 war on two fronts

    union activists stayed behind to coordinate relief efforts for the military, territorial defence forces, ...

  12. How war crimes went unpunished and a publisher became the criminal

    progressives across Australia currently heave a collective sigh of relief at the ousting of the conservative ...

  13. Qantas smiles: Shareholders and executives grin, customers and staff grit their teeth

    the ticket itself, and on top of relief on landing fees, fuel excise and security charges. The $715 ...

  14. Prospects for change under Labor discussed by unionists, activists

    community, he said, including flood relief and building community gardens. This could be replicated in other ...

  15. AEU teacher activists campaign against proposed enterprise agreement

    relief and fair salaries. Workload is a key concern for public sector teachers; last year, education ...

  16. Housing: Coalition and Labor score an 鈥楩鈥

    to grow resentful at being skinned alive by property speculators. Hence the housing relief schemes ...

  17. Disaster management and response: What can Australia learn from Cuba?

    following the hurricane is ongoing.聽Disaster-relief plans involve government leaders, civilian defence ... nature鈥 Primary tabs Corporate 鈥榩hilanthropy鈥 or real disaster relief? Analysis ...

  18. Sri Lanka: Women workers and the Gota Go Gama uprising

    previous government [of President Maithripala Sirisena (2015鈥19)] tried to provide some relief, because it ...

  19. The emptiness of 鈥榖illionaire philanthropy鈥

    apparent that his gift comes with conditions鈥. He said $10 million went to immediate relief for the ...

  20. The crimes and connections of Jimmy Savile

    knew that they didn鈥檛 鈥 And so, if nothing else, it was a gi-normous relief when I got the knighthood, ...

  21. Tackling the cost-of-living crisis by increasing it?

    聽 went to corporations, subsidising wages or providing businesses with emergency relief funds. Much less ...

  22. South Africa: Durban flood disaster unveils state climate sloth

    what climate change is about: that it just hits when we least expect it鈥. As for emergency relief and ... residents, who are striving to provide mutual aid, through emergency relief group like Gift of the Givers, ...

  23. United States: Black workers sue Tesla over systemic racism

    and punitive damages; economic damages and equitable relief, including but not limited to ...

  24. Italian left: Against Putin鈥檚 war on Ukraine, solidarity with the Ukrainian people

    colour of their skin and religion. We also support the relief initiatives and solidarity caravans by ...

  25. United States: Musk, social media and the national security state

    violent actions such as the January 6, 2020 invasion of the Capitol. Republicans have expressed relief and ...

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