In defiance of the biggest ΒsecurityΒ campaign ever seen in Australia, aimed at intimidating and deterring people from protesting at APEC, up to 15,000 people joined the ΒStop Bush Β Make Howard HistoryΒ protest in Sydney on September 8. The rally was a huge victory Β a mass demonstration of our collective strength on the streets that Howard and Bush can only pretend to ignore.
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Next month, a representative of the foreign ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will visit Australia to address the Latin America and Asia Pacific International Solidarity Forum in Melbourne on October 11-14.Β²υ, ΒιΆΉΣ³» WeeklyΒ²υ Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter conducted an interview in Caracas last November with Venezuelan vice-minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania, Vladimir Villegas. Villegas talked about the Venezuelan governmentΒ²υ revolutionary approach to international relations.
The Socialist AllianceΒ²υ new Welfare Rights Charter was launched on September 14 to an enthusiastic audience at the Southport Community Centre.
The Bourne Ultimatum
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Starring Matt Damon & Julia Stiles
111 minutes
Screening nationally
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Starring Matt Damon & Julia Stiles
111 minutes
Screening nationally
The War on Democracy
Directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin
96 minutes
In limited release nationally
Directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin
96 minutes
In limited release nationally
This statement was issued by Sam Watson, leading Indigenous activist and Socialist Alliance Senate candidate for Queensland. To sign or comment of the statement, or to view what others have said, visit .
Renowned dissident journalist John Pilger will give greetings at the September 29 ΒιΆΉΣ³» Weekly dinner in Sydney. The dinner will celebrate the fantastic victory that took place during APEC, when up to 15,000 people took to the streets in the face of unprecedented police intimidation and will help raise money for ΒιΆΉΣ³» Weekly.
Nuclear power I
In the May-June 2007 edition of New Left Review, George Monbiot wrote: "I am less hostile to nuclear power than I used to be. I no longer believe that uranium is about to run out or that the safe disposal of nuclear waste is
On September 12, the new East Timorese government led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, tabled the Government Program for 2007-12. The coalition Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) believes the program will help alleviate poverty and resolve internal unrest and security issues. βEverything is urgent for this nation, [and] we are defining priorities for the short termβ, Gusmao told parliament.
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