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  1. CUBA: Market democracy and fragmented freedom

    of producing the UN report on human development has resulted in Cuba being placed "among the ... or Equatorial Guinea) on a scale where the most democratic country registers one point, and an ... equally negative grading on political rights", the dispatch adds. Nevertheless, it does concede that ...

  2. SOUTH AFRICA: 'Dying to fight' for treatment

    BY PETER DWYER DURBAN β€” On August 8, in a move described as a "backflip" by the ... declares a sign outside a sex shop near the Durban beachfront. On August 1-3, just 100 metres away, 500 TAC ... carry on their fight for the roll out of a comprehensive treatment plan for the 5 million people living ...

  3. Howard's racist record

    Protection Act and giving the go-ahead to the destruction of Aboriginal women's sacred sites on ... By Margaret Allum On the evening of his election win in 1999, PM John Howard announced his support ... the context of people who died in wars between Australia and foreigners", Howard said. ...

  4. Equality is not 'special treatment'

    Regional Council, at the Gurindji Freedom Day celebration in Dagaragu on August 23, marking the 30th ... representatives on regional councils. Could it be that they hoped that there would be no voices to speak for ... Aboriginal people? It has not been accomplished as yet. The right to speak out on behalf of my people against ...

  5. SOUTH AFRICA: Mhlengi Khumalo is gone

    Richard Pithouse, Durban On October 21, 16 shacks burnt down in the Kennedy Road shack settlement ... S'bu Zikode from the Kennedy Road Development Committee, "It all depended on who applied. If you ... police for four hours. There were 14 arrests. On March 21, 1200 people marched on the police station ...

  6. Gun control: are tougher laws enough?

    By Pip Hinman Following the horrific killing of 35 people at Port Arthur on April 28, the ... surveyed by the Sydney Morning Herald on May 1 agreed that: Australia should have uniform national gun ... NSW Council of Churches have called on Howard to act. The Democrats have also called for all sporting ...

  7. AIDS: the right unveils its agenda

    By Ken Davis On May 17, more than 2000 people took part in Sydney's commemoration of the ... on gay men and their response to the epidemic. Two days before, the Doctors' Summit on HIV wound ... years ago a similar summit was held, again in proximity to an AMA election, and again focussing on AIDS; ...

  8. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey: Sinn Fein should leave peace process &&

    The "peace process" strategy of the Republicans was based on an alliance of all Irish ... military move on their own. Question: In the United States, nobody in the movement really knows what the ... Ireland. And the IRA cease-fire was called on that basis. So, people are confused about what the ...

  9. Honduras: Mass resistance to military coup grows

    "Mel" Zelaya on June 28 is continuing to grow. The coup in the Central American nation, carried out by ... have gone nowhere as Zelaya refuses to negotiate anything less than his return to office. Resistance on ... the streets On July 15, while in Guatemala at the invitation of President Alvaro Colon, Zelaya called ...

  10. ISRAEL: 'Disengagement' will not end occupation

    expected to be the date on which Israel begins to implement its "unilateral disengagement" from ... accused Sharon of dragging Israel into "a civil war". Wearing the colour of Gush Katif flags, ... don't expel Jews". On July 27, a march of 20,000 settlers aimed at reaching Gush Katif was stalled ...

  11. Growing gap between rich and poor

    figures on access to education and womens empowerment seem to show overall improvements in human ... vulnerable to fluctuations in interest rates and exchange rates on the international financial markets. World ... industrialising counties (NICs) remain dependent on foreign investment. But full relocation of transnationals to ...

  12. CZECH REPUBLIC: Communist Party's velvet return

    celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the "velvet revolution". After years on the margins, the ... us." CSSD leader Milos Zeman defeated his conservative opponent, Vaclav Klaus, on the strength of four ... self-critique, dropped the word "communist" from its name, and based its electoral program on the mixed ...

  13. Scottish National Party

    By Frank Noakes PERTH β€” No longer on the fringes of Scottish politics the Scottish National Party, ... the Labour Party on all issues. The image of burly kilted Scots men clutching claymores is false to ... the core. Women were well represented; workers outnumbered students, but many young people ...

  14. Haiti: A history of exploitation and struggle

    Amanda Zivcic Since the earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, there has been a global outpouring ... Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. But by 1801 France, was under Napoleon Bonaparte's military ... against Aristide. Kidnapped from his bed by the US military, on February 29, 2004, he was flown to the ...

  15. ACEH: Freedom movement demands independence referendum

    September 11 attacks in the United States and Washington's 'war on terrorism' have ... militarism and are united around the demand for Acehnese independence. All agree on the need for coordinated ... Yogyakarta. There are also women's and student organisations affiliated to FPDRA." Military ...

  16. BRITAIN: Unity fires socialist election campaign

    must declare war on the sectarianism which has dogged us for so long". The LSA launch rally ... BRITAIN: Unity fires socialist election campaign LONDON β€” On April 13, the second major election ... activities. Unity What explains this new outbreak of unity on the usually fractious British far left? Without ...

  17. Scapegoating Chinese has long history

    co-existed with no signs of racial tension. Immigration of Chinese continued until the outbreak of World War ... colonial exploitation and poverty of the people, and all sorts of other ills in society were blamed on the ... anti-Chinese hostilities were evident. On May 13 and 14, truckloads of men wearing crew cuts and military boots ...

  18. Indonesian PRD resumes open campaigning

    Indonesian PRD resumes open campaigning By a special correspondent in Jakarta and Max Lane On ... of a myriad of local action committees on campuses, in factory areas or poor squatter areas. The PRD ... has been formally legal since a lower court lifted the ban on it in September 1998, citing a technical ...

  19. Burmese students continue the fight for democracy

    wiping out the savings of thousands of poor Burmese. "On August 8 [1988], at 8 minutes past 8 in the ... on the people through September. Students were asking and debating how they could continue the ... with the ABSDF on the border for about one-and-a half years before making my way to Bangkok in 1990. ...

  20. A life of total commitment to social justice

    women. Anne knew that a moment had come when she could make a difference that no-one else could for Jim. ... had known of each other and met on many occasions since 1969, when Barry Sheppard, a leader in the ... agreement on the dangers of sectarianism, which we felt dominated much of the left. Jim was always concerned ...

  21. Venezuela: Socialism from below

    Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, has been outspoken in his opposition to the Iraq war and Israel's ... access to free health care and education. The rights of indigenous people and women have been enshrined ... to the polls in the December 2006 elections on an explicitly socialist platform, promising to deepen ...

  22. Homeless in Tokyo

    South-East Asia or were prisoners of war are now camped out on the street", said Miyashita. October 8, ... By Frank Eckardt As the recession bites, more people are living on the streets. For 10 days ... I trudged across parts of Tokyo, observing and talking to the people who live on its streets. In the absence ...

  23. The criminal tale of Monsanto

    on, Roundup, Monsanto's herbicide with the real miracle; gigantic profits. GMOs and Roundup, says ... Vietnam's crops, forests and people during the Vietnam War. The toxicity of 2,4,5-T was denied by Monsanto, ... claiming dioxin was not carcinogenic. Bovine growth hormone (BGH) was a variation on the same theme. BGH is ...

  24. Communities unite to save land and water

    converge on the NSW parliament, marching alongside Lock The Gate, the Country Women’s Association, the ... is also spreading across Australia, as companies and governments try to cash in on the gas rush. ... projects] in this region: Shenhua, BHP at Caroona and Santos gas extraction on the Liverpool Plains.” Other ...

  25. A sin against humanity

    younger siblings than on going to school. Faithful women infected by unfaithful partners live, and die, ... developed world than flows inward. On the matter of debt I know and understand the reaction that says: ... servicing than on health and education and Washington's expanded debt relief entails 71 brand new ...

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