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Three young Tamil Australians began a hunger strike on April 11 to demand that the Australian government press for a permanent ceasefire by the Sri Lankan Army. The SLA is carrying out a brutal military offensive against the Tamil people in the
As the only weekly newspaper in Australia to regularly house news, discussions and debates on capitalismΒ’s crises and socialist solutions, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Weekly is proud to be hosting the World At A Crossroads conference, to be held at Sydney Girls High, over the Easter weekend (April 10-12).
On March 30, a Federal Court hearing at Nepabunna gave a consent determination finally confirming the Adnyamathanha peopleΒ’s native title rights over their traditional lands.
Teachers’ salaries in Venezuela have increased 550% since 1999, education minister Hector Navarra said on March 23, according to the March 24 Diario Vea.
According to a 2008 report by UN agencies UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, an estimated 1.9 million people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in 2007, bringing the number of people living with HIV in the region to 22 million.
The article below is by Salim Vally, a leading member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa and a veteran anti-apartheid activist. A longer version is posted at . Vally will be a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads conference, in Sydney, April 10-12. For more information, or to register, visit .
A new left alliance has formed in Britain to stand in the European Union elections set for June 4.
β€œThe trouble makers are out in force again”, George Monbiot wrote on April 1 in the Guardian Online.
It has become common practice for many bosses to tell potential employees they must have an Australian Business Number (ABN) to secure a job.
The article below is abridged from a March 31 MaΒ’an News Agency report.
In a disturbing development, US President Barack Obama has announced that Pakistan is now a main focus for the β€œwar on terror” β€” foreshadowing an increasing expansion of the US-led war in Afganistan across the border.
Bolivian President Evo Morales denounced the decision of the April 2 G20 summit to inject more than US$1 trillion into the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a means of combating the economic crisis, comparing it to leaving a wolf to care for a flock of sheep, according to an April 3 AFP report.