PERTH — On November 5, 400 people attended a forum at the University of Western Australia on the Howard government's new anti-terrorism legislation, now before the federal parliament.
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert gave an impassioned speech in
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Pip Hinman
At one of the regular Â鶹ӳ» Weekly Saturday stalls in Newtown, Sydney, the chats with locals and passers-by was interrupted when the local constabulary demanded to see a permit.
"What permit", the Â鶹ӳ» supporter asked?
Brian Jones, Chicago
After Martin Luther King, the most widely recognised figure of the US civil rights movement is Rosa Parks. She died on October 25, at the age of 92. Her famous act of defiance — refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus
Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) is collecting donations to send to Pakistan for the Labour Relief Camp for Earthquake Victims.
The LRCEV is a coalition of progressive organisations, including the Labour Education Foundation
Sarah Smith, Perth
PM John "Howard makes laws to suit himself and the laws are all designed to smash us", said Kevin Reynolds, Western Australian secretary of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU),
Richard Pithouse, Durban
On October 21, 16 shacks burnt down in the Kennedy Road shack settlement in Durban. One-year-old Mhlengi Khumalo was very badly burnt. He died the following night. This was the third conflagration that month. The fire
On October 17, the CFMEU Construction and Energy Division adopted the following resolution in solidarity with Venezuela at its national conference.
The CFMEU Construction and Energy Division congratulates and supports the Venezuelan government for
Pam Walker
Leichhardt Council brought the matter before the Local Government Conference last month. Councils across the state voted overwhelmingly to affirm "the basic right of all citizens and organisations to freely distribute printed material on
On November 4, more than 100,000 people converged on the seaside town of Mar del Plata, 400 kilometres south of Buenos Aires, for a protest and counter-summit to the Organization of American States meeting. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a
Stuart Munckton
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government has attempted to implement policies that benefit the working majority via redistributing the nation's oil wealth. Despite being the fifth largest supplier of oil in the world, when
Police state
Australia is becoming a police state, with hysterical support after the London bombing atrocities for extension of already draconian detention without trial measures.
The Coalition government and politicised and intimidated public
On October 28, Botswana's High Court ruled that the government must allow Amogolang Segootsane and his family to return to their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and must return his goats to him and allow him to bring water into the
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